CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14005, 10 March 1909, Page 8

CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENTS.

ROADS AND LANDS' DEPARTMENTS. The following officers in the Roads Department and the Lands Depawmsnt _«tire, under the age limit, as itorn March 31: — ":cDepartment of Roads: Mr. C W. Hursthouse, chief engineer, head office, length of service 29 years; Mr. G. T. Robinson, district roads engineer, Wellington, length of service 34 years ? Mr. W. M. R. Barclay, clerk, Wellington, length of service 16 years; Mr. J. B. ; Poynttr, ; clerk Wellington; Mr.• W. Bond, overseer, Te Kuiti, .length of service 10 years; Mr. B. Wolff, inspector, Wanganui, length of service 14 years; i Mr. B. Marr, • inspector,;; Otago, length of service 15 years; Mr. W. Adair, inspector, Westland. : < Lands Department: 7 Mr. T. Humphries, surveyor-general, length of service.sl years Mr. W. D. B. Murray, chief draughtsman, head office; !: Mr. J. A. -Montgomerie, ■ district surveyor, Reef ton; *;' Mr. '? J. - Shodgrass,: district surveyor, Westport; '■" Mr. G. v Fannin, chief clerk, * LivercargilL; • Mr. *J. T. Welch, draughtsman,: WeUington; Mr. E. H. Fenton, draughtsman, Gisborne. Judge W. G. .Mair,' of the : Native Land Court, will retire r under the 'Civil Service regulations at the end of the month. .;, Mr. T. H. - Hustwick, y Customs analyst and inspector of explosives, has- been superannuated, and his term of . duty -.. expires on the same date.

In the Mines Department the latest retirement to be announced' is that of Mr. R. Tennent, inspector of; mines for the Westland and Marlborough district. Mr. Teh-; nent will leave; on March / 31; with three months' leave of absence. £UHe - has had 12 years'. service ;in the Department, prior to which he managed the Brunner, mine. , A Southern stipendiary magistrate - (Mr. C. Wray), who is one of the members of the Civil Service superannuation fund to ; retire under the age limit, expressed the; opinion that the Superannuation Act ..required a resolution, of Parliament before a v Civil : servant could retire.' Therefore, in his opinion, the proposed retirements could not legally take place on March 31. ;; This point was put to the Hon. Dr. Findlay - (Attorney-; General), who informed ii a New Zealand Times representative that last session's.Act had altered the position, making it perfectly legal to do what had been done by the Justice ■ Department and ' other ; sections of the Civil Service. -;" ; ' : iv : --'.:-'> : r "

In spite of the Prime • Minister's assertion that ■ all Government .- ; employees ;,?{ over 65 years of age are to retire at the end of the month,, - several :of i-the: messengers in the Government Buildings, Wellington,' are preparing a petition praying ; for reconsideraturn on their behalf. ,' Many of ; them, it< ie pointed out, are advanced in age, and not having been . long enough under the Superannuation Act to be entitled to a sufficient pension, will be in a very precarious position : ' : - -'•-»• ■• -