P. AND. T.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 August 1924, Page 9

P. AND. T.

POSTAIA STER-GENERAI/ S STR ON G

CRITICISM

Strong criticism of the efforts of disruptionists in the Postal Department were made by the Postmaster-General in his annual report. ‘‘Unfortunately,’’ says the report, ‘‘the service numbers amongst its-officers a fe\t who might be termed ‘disloyalists/ and these few. with the ready assistance of persons outside the service,* are only too eager to oppose, they can do so without danger to their positions, the legitimate aim of the Department, which is to serve the public efficiently and economically. Mv observations, and those of mv advisers, convince me that officers generally do not approve of many of the actions taken bv these malcontents, whose object apparently is to manage this great service for their own ends, forgetting that the service is the property of the public, and that the public have elected the Government to control it. I feel that this claim of ‘control by the workers’ is only a par-rot-like repetition of that of public servants of another country, who have indicated in one of their publications that workers’ control in the post office is their meeca. No doubt all officers of the Department will sooner or later realise that their duty is to serve as well as they can, and that the better their service the more easily their labours can be recompensed. Reluctant service brings reluctant recognition, and the dissemination of the spirit of disloyalty does not make for haopy and contented service, or for general public approval of the efforts of the Department.”