THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
TO THE EDITOR. Sib, —Your correspondent “Pro Bono Publico ” seems so thoroughly in earnest that it would be discourteous to suspect him of trying to foist a huge joke upon your, readers. May I therefore, as one of the class that is popularly supposed to play, like the fountains in Trafalgar Square, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., offer “P.8.P.” our warmest thanks for the kindly consideration displayed, and his anxiety that overwork should not consign ns to a premature grave. At the same time I should like to inquire whether he proposes that the same salaries should still be paid to the present officials for half the amount of work. If not, won Id he give ns a premium for instructing the hoi polloi, whom he proposes to put into the public service? Also, seeing that it is a frequent complaint that the colony is over-governed, and that the Civil Service ia large enough already for a population much more numerous than we have at present, why should he propose, for the good of the people, to double the existing staff? Lastly, does he realise that, in office work at all events, a good deal of duplication of work and loss of time would result from his proposal as to clerks working on alternate days ?—I am, &c., A PUBLIC SERVANT.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 10465, 1 October 1894, Page 3
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