TASMANIA.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 2419, 30 April 1874, Page 2

TASMANIA.

The * Tasmanian Tribune ' of the 28th March has a long leading article on the Civil Service of the colony, and if what is therein stated amounts to near the truth, it is a matter of no wonder that the aons of gentlemen, who inherit that feeling from their ancestors, now decline to enter a service which has the credit or discredit of having "fallen into disrepute, because there are neither established rnles or recognised principles by which it is governed. There is no security for faithful services, and no consideration for the exigencies and varying circumstances, which are the necessary accompaniments of human life. To save the State the expense of a pension, appears to be the sole object of the Government in dealing with its servants, and, with this object constantly in viaw, all other considerations are overlooked. What are the results ? The State suffers for the sins of ignorance and cruelty in those who govern it, and loses tenfold the amount it fcribs through the low huxtering of a mean economy." The Civil Service of .New is not all that it should be, but it certainly has not reached that level which is suggested by the article from which the above is an extract. At one time the same authority says : — " The Civil Service of this colony could boast of the alert and most accomplished, officers in every branch of its administration. How is it that it has degenerated into a thing hated, distrusted and despised ? How is it that prudent parents shun it, as a means of providing for their children, and that all reflecting men regard the Service of this colony as Moral Murder for those who enter it %'* The answer to the query is very plainly set forth above, and we regret that such a state of things should exist in a sister, colony. Atone time, when the Imperial Government had the control ot the Government department, only men oi standing and ability were appointed to the ' multitudinous offices, and then an esprit

de corps was kept up, and salaries were proportionate to the duties and responsibilities of ohe respective positions, but when the mother country threw off her protection and guidance, and the yonng nfant assume its own government matters I have chauged considerably ; like the ' prodigal of old, the youth assumed all tfye luxuries and dissipations of an old well to : . do man — now comes the reward — who can say it is not deserved ? Boating, unfortunately, does not meet with that support one would expect, considering the beautiful river (unequalled by any in the world), the fintf boats, and the men who are remarkable for their strength, and the manner in which they pull. No inducement seems to be offered to an amateur to train for a race. Two or three accidents have occurred but without serious results. A young sirl named Cherry has been I committed for trial for inflicting a wound | on oue Ellen Murray. The Tasmanian JBlackwood is now beiig used extensively in Victoria, in the . manufacture of saddle-trees, which,. it is . represented, reduces the; cost of .the article 10 per cent.. Business is, very fair, but no fluctuation in prices has taken place.