THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16448, 30 May 1919, Page 3

THE CIVIL SERVICE.

PREFERENCE TO .SOLDIERS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 30. Amending regulations, under tL.es Public Service Act, havo'ueen issued am* thorising preference to returned sol* diers. The, regulations' state that appoint-! meats'- fill bo made according ty order* of merit in the list of applicants wild have passed the entrance examination, provided that if any person is‘ avail-* able- and otherwise eligible who haA passed the civil service senior examination or. matrics-iation examination, although in any of these cases he may ■„

r.ot have passed the entrance examination he should take precedence over; candidates who- have passed the entrance examination only, and provided further; that the Commissioner may, if ho thinks fit, give preference to a. member of thq New Zealand! Expeditionary Force honourably discharged, and who has passed tlie entrance examination or its equivalent. Applicants for positions mush state in wbat capacity and departments they are willing to accept appointments.