"CLOSED DOOR POLICY."
' CIVIL SERVANT'S VIEW. , • • ► *' v.--. -v-- 1 . r y- / .• ■ • *. - •. At the .farewell gathering tendered : by his colleagues -in the : Lands tS Office, .Christchurcb, the 7 chief clerk, ,Mr» W. J. Munro, said that a question 'often put to .him, was as to the ■ reasont for his early ? retirement. He 'supposed no One remained in | the Public' Service 'I for sentimental ■ reasons . alone. ;. His decision - was largely due to.the "shut-door" policy which excluded officers in his class from promotion to' the higher positions in the department * solely because they ? were not surveyors. He .considered that the authorities should take ;• > leaf out of ; the book of . the. business world, .where the • latest. recruit -to, the staff ;might, s with ambition - and capacity, 4 become the head of. .the firm. The closed door ] policy was \ undemocratic and un- ; necessary, and did not make for efficiency or ' economy in the Public ! Service. -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 11
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150"CLOSED DOOR POLICY." New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 11
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