MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
POSITION OF PUBLIC BERVANTB.
STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER.
WELLINGTON, Wednesday.
In a statement to-day the Publio Service Commissioner, Mr P. Verschaffelt, said that although It was permissible for officers of the public service to become members of local bodies, the policy adopted was that in most cases it was distinctly Inadvisable for them to do so. In certain cases it was most improper that publio servants should be members of such local authorities as city and borough councils and. hospital boards and in several cases where officers had been appointed they had been required to resign. In many cases an officer’s duties brought him iii contact with local authorities and should he be a member of any par-
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Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18930, 27 April 1933, Page 8
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119MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18930, 27 April 1933, Page 8
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