CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 13675, 8 May 1912, Page 5

CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION.

MAY BE ABANDONED. (By Telegraph Special to H'RALD.) WELLINGTON. May 8. The Prime Minister’s latest utterance* on the Civil Service point more and more towards the abandonment of the proposal to classify fhe State employees outside the Postal and Railway Departments. The difficulties which have arisen over the provisional classification scheme, over 1500 appeals being made from the 4000 employees concerned, have evidently caused tho Government to stay its hand.' A meeting of tho Pnhlir Service Classification Board was held last week, after receipt of reports from Departmental heads respecting the big budget of appeals referred to them. Nothing lias been made public regarding the conclusions arrived at. I have not been able to ascertain what course, if any, was decided upon in connection with the hearings: in fact, it is generally understood that before anything further is done the matter has to be considered by Cabinet. The impression is gaining ground among those most closelv in touch with the position that the classification scheme will be abandoned.