MR HERDMAN'S PROPOSALS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 15 July 1912, Page 5

MR HERDMAN'S PROPOSALS.

[Br Telegraph : —Special to Star.] WELLINGTON, July 13. Mr Herdman informs me that he has forwarded his Public Service Reform Bill to the Crown Law draughtsman, with, instructions to put it into shape for the consideration of the Government. "We have not yet decided on the legislation we intend to-bring forward," remarked the Minister, "because we have not had time. We have been extremely busy getting into touch with the administrative officers and their work, and of course the whole question must wait until the Public Service Commission has reported the results of ibs investigations." The measure which the Minister introduced, as a private member, sought to set up a board of three Commissioners, appointed for seven years, from outside the ranks of the Civil Service, to completely control the Civil Service independently of Parliament or the Ministry. One of the proposed conditions of the Commissioners' appointment is, that if they permit any Minister or member of Parliament to influence them in connection with the appointment or promotion of a civil servant they shall immediately vacate office.