CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18192, 11 September 1922, Page 3

CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENTS.

Sir, —I would like to ask those who have written concerning the retirement of Mrs. Brook (the assistant manager of the special schools department of Auckland, who is retiring shortly on superannuation) why they are protesting so much against a regulation which has been in force for many years in all Government departments Also, why do they consider that Mrs. Brook should he exempt, and speak of her compulsory resignation, as if itwere due to the retrenchment scheme, of the Government? Many a Civil sen-ant, when attaining the age regrets having to give up his or her work, but in this in'stance Mrs. Brook is lucky, for the nature o! her work will enable her to be of great help to the different societies of the Dominion for the protection of children— that is, if she wishes to keep in touch with the cause. And lastly, in making reference to the supervision of the children of the State being reduced, if those who write would just look the matter up for themselves, they would find that while only four or five years ago one officer had the supervision of both the Auckland and Taranaki provinces, there are now no less than nine of them to clover the same area. Faer Plat.