PUBLIC SERVICE TESTS
MALE NURSES OBJECT [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] WELLINGTON, Monday Tho male nursing attendants at Porirua Mental Hospital met recently and decided to record an emphatic protest against tho efficiency examinations as outlined in tho public service circular on the grounds that the examinations are unnecessary for practical purposes for all officers who have passed their senior State examinations; that a definite hardship would be caused to those officers of a maturo ago who comprise the majority of the male nursing staff; that the efficiency test as outlined is a misnomer ami if taken as a deciding factor for promotion beyond tlio rank of :i senior attendant would prove to he a retrograde step toward the efficiency of tho department. It is asked that tho tests in .their present form bo withdrawn.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23431, 22 August 1939, Page 11
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134PUBLIC SERVICE TESTS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23431, 22 August 1939, Page 11
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