THE CIVIL SERVICE HYDIA.
During the debate on the Civil Service Act in the Victorian Assembly, a Mr Richardson, in the course oi : his sjioech complained of the undue ■ iniiuenee exercised by the Audit Commissioners. Hi: said he wu.-j adt-oiushed to find the number of £' i'vh lions these gentlemen have in the public service " owing t<> nmmages and intermarriages in" all direction:;." Mv Richardson should study • the Civil Service list of New Zealand for an exiraortliniiVT if nob unequalled, example of Civil Sdrvkr- coi«;a.rjguinjf.v. There are certain socalled " governing families " in Wellington, Taranaki, Nelson, and Marlborough whose members, even to their sisters, cousin*, and aunts, are maintained out of the Civil Service, who have come to regard it as their natural heritage, and who bid fair in time to absorb the whole of the departments. We need only instance the Atkinsons, Richmonds, and Hursthouses. . *
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 160, 6 October 1883, Page 3
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