THE PUBLIC SERVICE

Otago Witness, Issue 3514, 19 July 1921, Page 41

THE PUBLIC SERVICE

NEW CLASSIFICATION LIST. WELLINGTON, July 12. Ihe Public Service classification list has just been issued, and is being examined with much interest in Government departments. Very many of the salaries, particularly in the middle grades, are unaltered. and the list shows evidence of the demand for economy in the Public Service, i- airly substantial increases in salary have been granted, however, to senior officers in some of the departments. Among such increases are the following:— Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, £703 to £750. Inspector for the Public Service Commissioner, £6OO to £7OO. Chief clerk Public Service Commission £550 to £6OO. Chief clerk. Treasury Department, £6OO to £650. Seven audit inspectors in the Audit Department, £6OO to £650. Secretary to the Public Service Super- ' animation Office. £6OO to £650. Commanders of Government steamers £7OO to £750. Dominion Analyst, £BSO to £950. Director of the Dominion Museum £BOO to £BSO. Architect to the Public Works Department, £BSO to £9OO. Assistant Engineer-in Chief, Public Works Department, £9OO to £950. Superintendent of the Government Printing Office, £6OO to £650. DEFENCE BY AIR C. MITCHELL, AI.P. APPRECIATION BY SIR FRANCIS BELL. 'A ELLINGTON, July 12. Not long ago there was published a pro- i test by Air G. Mitchell, AI.P., against the idea that Lie Alotiier Country, in the matter j of requisition prices of produce during the j war, profiteered at the expense of the do- 1 minions. The keynote of Air Mitchell’s ! utterance was how small is the Empire’s i debt to us, in comparison with our debt to j the Empire. In an appreciative letter to Air Mitchell, Sir Francis Bell (Actinig Prime A-Unisiei') writes: —"Let a New Zealander, born and bred, thank you for your line de- ! fence of the Mother Country’s dealings I with her dominions and dependencies. Eng- j land has been gracious beyond measure to ' us. Only the Governments of the dominions ! and colonies realise how patiently and con- j sulcrately the Imperial Government meets ; every request, how readily they allow us to j have the best of every bargain. T take off | my hat to the man who wrote that spirited j defence. I endorse every word of it, and whatever be your side in Parliament I am proud to be in the same Parliament with a man who can rise to the occasion as you have, and say far more eloquently than I could what should be made known to all our people, and realised by all our children.”