DRAINAGE BOARD MATTERS.

Evening Star, Issue 12396, 9 January 1905, Page 2

DRAINAGE BOARD MATTERS.

TO Tflß EDITOR. " - Sir,—On account of the clause attached to their advertisement lsy" the' DraiMge Boar*--ra., "pefcjOoM canvass will disqualify appßcantrr"— 4he- appoifltm*ift of engineer at the pnmputg station will be watched with interest. RtfSofial canvassing may nob have been ftrinnu'tted, but rwhat about the camsUß by prosy fiat has

been going onf If tho Boon! members •were asked to take an' affidavit that they had not been approached directly or indirectly, the honorable candidate who conforms to tho douse would hav© the same chance as the candidate who Bets all his mends and relatives to work for him, thinking that by bo doing he js not imperilling his own chance. I consider it is time appointments were made by merit and ability, not by the amount of influenco brought to bear for some special applicant. Unless members are asked they are not likely to volunteer the information, and until some such procedure is carried out the clause is useless and the nominee of the moat energetic member of the Board will get the position Future events will justify, ray assertion.— I am, etc. Ash-humbug. January 9.