SPECIALISED COURSES
UNIVERSITY TRAINING FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS NINE HARRIED OFFICERS SELECTED [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 18. The selection of nine Public Service officers for special two-year courses at Victoria University College on Public Service Administrtion scholarships was announced on behalf of the Public Service Commissioner to-day as follows: L. A. Atkinson (Customs Department), K. J. Scott (Public Trust), C. A. Macfarlane (P. and T. Department), T. P. Darin (Railways), K. G. Reid (Railwavs), T, R. Smith (Industries and Commerce), K. A. Wills (Industries and Commerce). A. G. Rodda (Land and Income Tax), M. J. Moriarty (Customs). The scheme marks the most advanced step yet taken in the British Empire to train civil servants in specialised courses. The scholarships are tenable for two years at £l7O a year. The scholars will be permitted to return to their departments during the long vacation at ordinary rates of pay. At the end of two years they will sit a final examination for the Public Administration diploma, with provision for honours. All this year’s candidates are married men.
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Evening Star, Issue 23554, 18 April 1940, Page 8
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176SPECIALISED COURSES Evening Star, Issue 23554, 18 April 1940, Page 8
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