A MINISTER’S REBUKE OF PUBLIC SERVANT
PROTEST BY ASSOCIATION “The action of the Hon. H. Atmore (Minister of Education) in announcing in the public Press that he has rebuked an officer of the Department for a statement made in an article contributed in his official capacity in “The Education Gazette,’ compels the New Zealand Public Service Association to register its protest against such methods,” said Mr. F. W. Millar, general secretary of the association, yesterday. “A Public servant is not permitted to answer Press criticism or rebukes, and the only satisfactory course is to convey any opinion a Minister may have to the officer througli his Departmental head, and thus give the officer an opportunity of stating his side of the case. It would be of interest to know whether the Minister has taken this course, particularly in view of the fact that the officer concerned had left New Zealand a week ago and cannot now answer. If Ministers on every occasion can administer public castigation to an individual officer, rhe Public servant’s lot is far from being an enviable ono.”
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 233, 28 June 1929, Page 10
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181A MINISTER’S REBUKE OF PUBLIC SERVANT Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 233, 28 June 1929, Page 10
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