PROMOTION BY MERIT

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 118, 14 November 1925, Page 13

PROMOTION BY MERIT

tO;;T(I EDITOR.

Sir,T-I-.knpw'fpiv. a- fact that .Welling-

ton . Civil, servants: avej considerably interested in the correspondence concerning the ■'■■' so-called, prombtion-by-merit system. •Thevp'hrase 1 does not ring true, .as many can-tell: '/ -'-A " correspondent points put that it is' sad to relate that tho w,hble future of an office may be at the mercy of a "sdperior. This state-ment-I fully,, .enclprse. The • superior officer,may be./^ .juijior. by age, experience, and: educational qualification, and - may havi.got riiitobis.'jo.b-because he was preferred'by the hwtd of the De- ■ partment. -When. Commissioner control was'set up -we Mverb'assured that adverse .reportsy.'> especially " in ,tlie, -higher grades, wQurtf.b.o'-.carcfully, looked into J By the-Commissioner, to. .prevent any" injustice being [done. . Has this been carried out?}.. Why do so many officers resign from the Civil Service? : There ..' must be a good reason; for suoh: a step, 1 and:the Sooner ithis is-., looked into the better. The', new -Prime Minister 'is favoilrabljf' disposed' towards the Ser- '■■ vice,' and there is no reason yrhy he should not-:-': be approached re' the np- .. pointment pf a Royal Commission, say; ■':'.» Suprsine 'ptjurt, Judge, to inquire into ■j,f,ihe .existing .discontent resulting' from : adverse- reports, and also the reason for ■' so many - resignations. "A table showing '. the yearly number that have; left the '-, Service.''since''the- advent" of the Commis-sioners-would "bo interesting.—l am, 6 °'' TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' ..:.,■- SERVICE.

13th November,