"COSTLY TRADITION."

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14761, 3 September 1913, Page 9

"COSTLY TRADITION."

,' CONSERVATISM OF THE CIVIL ;•: ' - ' SERVICE. '_ OBSOLETE SYSTEMS OF WORK. ** - (•fecial to "xiib press.") WELLINGTON, September 2. -.the course of {Tieir report upon the - -Public Service, the Commissioners make - > avssa interesting comment upon "the * wit of publio servants to rely upon wsolete' systems of work, because of -,"•' 4"ir-innate conservatism." *)fe Commissioners could not fail to **'"'*• a^- 6 "" tJiey 6ajv " in tlie course of **" ~ J * ar inspection, that the outstanding of a number 0 f departments is war innate conservatism, which has I_ . * t «n been carried to such an extreme y *» to discourage excellent echemes for * - "aproveineat, which, if carried out years ■-1' J"***, would have"'saved the country - *ge sums* of money. It is difficult « *I 1 cases to account for the way in "ach some departments cling to costly - St*'? 11 " A desiro for I"* 3 *"* o on the ' E*j o V c< ? atrollin e officers no doubt '-\ !? a * their , c Jes to tho fact that they •' 2* r P ectod ,*o bo on the alert to -"." SJ* means whjch wiu resnlt in greater : : RfSS fi™^ 1 When *** from£* ded , tkat ' n *f mo department 6 ; *' ta£?f 0a - has oftetl beea tho "suit of ft* AR y * lrrcs P e of the merits of ;.. 'J? wcw.promoted, it is evident that -- S5 - T, ! h a bmited outlook have " i 3? A .j" 0 "-"- 0113 **-Wch could. ''• JS!f n * ° J °l d °""S-""'sation, be held . Otout need for the study of efficiency ' ; lt_nT\ 7*.° tenden <-? is not onl? obsolete systems, but ako to * -SLiT^ ment ? J seem to have v -fiS Jrr methc^ a in **r »flight •3" SWSS? ".Jfecting informl " V " steT %, raa f wl i\ ch are absolutely -.-t" £]*?„ Performed in the old Provin- .;' In the case of one <* '^sriT h °a the &S3 -? CnffJv^^f^Sontheold 4; *■ && tfjSJ? l t *""*«•» system. *tf SS? heh^ c + Pr 0 1? Wllh to * largo to si, -'- Busmeto over again." •*Vik*j ~ u3s 3£