CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14524, 28 November 1912, Page 6

CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED < 1 (ritESS ASSOCIATION T_XEGIU,.r.) . H WELLINGTON, Norcmber* ST.* / 1 Tho following aro appointed Chn} 9 Servico Commissioners under the Act if passed last session-.— V 9 Mr Donald Robertson, 1.5.0., S(lCre , H *ary to the Post Office'(CWrf' i Commissioner). 9 Mr Robert Triggs, for many years in H the Now Zealand Railway 9 partment, and now Chief I countaut in the Postmaster. i General's Department in thr if Australian Commonwealth. , ' M Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M. at Palmar*. 1 ton North. 1

THEIR CAREERS IN BRIEF. . I

-___-. I (SPECIAI, TO "THK mi_S«.") AVELLINGTON, November 27. ■ MR ROBERTSON. . -'" ; Mr Robertson is generally consider \ ~ ed to be ono of tho most, c-ip^blp' officers in tho Public Service in Ne* Zealand. Bom in Bum .l.n in la®, • he has spent practically tho who!, of his time in tho (service* of tho PosUl Department. He became Assistant Secretary to tho Department ia 19W and succeeded tho lato Mr WiUUia* Gray as Secretary a few mouths n%jv 1 wards. Mr Robertson has .rnv."J(_l H in America and Europe, and in _9{tt gi mado a report on his observations of H post and telegraph affiirs abroad 9 which enabled reforms to bo ' 9 into tho New Zealand Scnico which 9 not only resulted in increased efficienev -" 9 but were estimated to save the Dviiart! 9 ment £10,000 per annum. Mr Robert.* I son s reputation in business circles far. 9 his consistent advocacy of m_4«h 9 methods is well known. Ho has be»_ 1 identified with tho classification of tha 9 lost and Telegraph I>o|_rtinent for'- 9 twenty years, almost from tho tinjn _T— 9 its inception. Ho is regarded a, a -'. ■ 9 just and fearless administrator, wh_»' . 9 appointment to tho position of Puhfc, , I bennco Commissioner will give "satfc* M faction to the public and tho Civil Saw ■ * i vico ahko. ™^, B MR A. D. THOMSON. .''f*l Mr Thomson is a New Zealand..' -'' 1 ai-t^sfif 11 u rn & apio , r m 1 gist, 1864. He ]omed the p u MJe ■ ffi Service as a cadet in tho WaagttfK: 9 Magistrate's Court in .1878, and from'-1 then onward has _pont tha bulk of time m the service of the Govp.nn._Bt VH liecognwod as a smart, efficient officer.*" Si Mr Thomson's career has been marked--' by his occupancy of several of tho raoiv : important position? in the Justice Department. In 1882 he was appointed-.' clerk of the Feilding Court, arid ,« ' relinquishing that position in ISSO Iks--:, came relieving clerk for the ' Subsequently in 1800 ho was chosen fe",' second clerk in the Magistrate's Court-, at Wellington, in 1892 clerk of court if"''. Wanganui. arid in 1900 ho was trwa- 1 . ferred to Wellington, where ho be._ntor t chief clerk at the Wellington X. Three years later, in 1903, Mr Thom'-ggT ' was appointed a stipendiary magistral' . and since that year has officiated on tot; V I Beuch at Pnlmorston North. %&< I Thomson is a barrister at law, and pos>' ■ ■ sesses qualifications which eminently _&.._., g fit him for the responsible position I which he has been appointed. ./",- I

MR TRIGGS. -..S3'. I

(i-tE-S ASSOCIATION T_-_-RAM.}"-." *?<;'■ f AUCKLAND, November 2?,.' ~ I Mr Robert Triggs is very well taMWS'. ' I amongst tho older members of tho J***., '■ M Zealand public service. lie wa»;.te*; r , ■■ many years in the Railway Dopatfmwt-'- W and roso to the position, of Chief Cleo-i-; 1 i -in tho I_6coh.otivo Engineer* .ipejw/K.' -m ment, under Mr Rothevam, XartiMtrre ~ -; m Engineer. When Mr RounnuMtoS-" v *:9 the position of Chief Engineer of the i ;- ; West Australian Railways, Mr TrigsS;.,,, followed his former chief, -bcinrt .{>.. j: pointeel chief accountant of the \v*t *• Australian Railway Department;---'' position which ho hold for many years." '< About two years ago the Federal Gotvv ' crrnnMitadvertised throughout Austral-/, asia for a chief accountant of tho Con>-; : .. monwealth Postal Department, and out.;, of somo * hundreds of applicants Mr" _ ~ Triggs received the appointment. > Hef"\ ' is 54 years of age. , ■'. j" (BTECIAL TO "THE T0853.") ... '.'-;•. WELLINGTON, November' 27, *V'After taking up tho position of chief V-rB accountant in the West Australian li-Ul- ;Tjg ways, an accounts instruction book out- - ..-' m lining tho practices to be followed in.', B accounting, in considerable dptaQ, bothy*. B a. lor as the internal aau external ,"i > » aspects of accounting were concenwia,''' r w wus' dratted, for which Mr Triggs primarily responsible. To this wo.is afrttt f* ,-M complimentary reicroncc. were toaa.}.'-', It; in October, 1908, tho West Austrahwt £tU H Government decided to amalgamate HM-i." J| Accounting and Traffic Audit' -' B branches of tho Department/i and tWK'; M joint control was conferred upon .»_;.:■.■ Triggs. Under his able considerable economies wero broagOT> ,J| about, and tbo internal work audit revolutionised by tho introduct-OR-. p .M of up-to-dato methods. In tho ComO ~;|I monwealth Postal Department his Vo *rr,- : K lias shown considerable merit, and the;; w Commonwealth I'ublio Service Ctonnw-* &< m sioner (Mr D. C. McLachlan), in refer-; < R ring to Mr Triggs describes him as V{, ■ vory forceful and capable man. .* ' -'»;'" ■ B

STATEMENT BY THE PRDfE ;,}*? | MINISTER. •."-'; 9

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELE-BAM.) '• >- ,.-, AUCKLAND, November 27. ™' I At tho opening the -Reform CroW.ipremises this ovening tho Prime Muu* i >' tor made an announcement rogarduw v tho Public Service. He said that !»_*-, ;- tical patronage was at an end, and ***!-,<-'^ , - Governmont had carried into effect tWK-/; past session's Act to reiorin tho w **Vj vice. (Applause). In that reform w - contained provision for the control « s_ \ the Service by Commissioners, J . a _*_*-£■', Government had just appointed the*9 . Commissioners. Mr Massty v.cut on w , .=» say that he thought these appointment* ;.. * would meet with the approval <»*»•- ,-„.« Mr Robertson was esteemed in tho bar* i ;jM vice, and he held tho respect an/L^ 60 M tion of tho whole of tho oQOQ **jr %*M ployees of the Postal Department. 3tr _ -,m Thomson wa_ a_so a man of consider- k ?M able experience and abihty. Mr Tngw ?., J| was a New Zeolander, and at precept • jg he held a very important portion » t r ft tho Federal Public Service. Mr M »* -„§ soy went on to say that he believe- *__•■ that although there was a little anxiety ' s , B, on the part of some of tho Civil Servants' when tho Act was under consider-. - * ■ ation, ho believed that in a year or two H they wet-id realise that the right thmS' ' I had been done. (Applauso). The n«* M Commisfiioners would take "P tW j H duties on March 31st ne\t. h