1584

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 46

that he possesses the necessary educational qualification as,
in the opinion of the Permanent Head, is satisfactory.
11. All applications for employment in the Department
which are in proper form shall be entered in the order of
their receipt by the Permanent Head in a book to be called
the “Register of Applications for Employment,” which shall
be kept in the office of the Permanent Head. New appoint-
ments shall be made from among those persons whose names
are entered on the register, and shall in general be according
to the order of entry on the register, subject, however, to
the fitness of the applicant for the vacant position in each
case: Provided that this regulation shall not be construed
to prevent the appointment of any person to any position
in the Department if, in the opinion of the Permanent Head,
such person is the most suitable applicant for such position:
Provided further that this regulation shall not operate to
invalidate the appointment of any person in the Department
or to give any person a right to be employed in the Depart-
ment.
12. Each application for employment in the Department
will be removed from the register at the expiration of six
months from the date on which such application or the renewal
thereof (as the case may be) was recorded therein, unless it
shall have been renewed or further renewed before the due
date for such removal in each case, and each application
shall, while continued on the register by renewal as provided
in this regulation, rank as on the date when it was first
recorded.
13. No person shall be eligible for appointment as a pro-
bationer, or for employment as a regular casual, or (at the
option of the Permanent Head) for employment in any other
capacity in the Department unless and until he passes a
medical examination by and obtains a certificate of fitness
in a form approved by the Permanent Head from a registered
medical practitioner nominated in that behalf by the Per-
manent Head. The practitioner’s fee for the first medical
examination of any candidate for employment shall be paid
by the Department, but the expense of any further medical
examination or examinations which may be necessary in
consequence of a candidate’s failure to obtain the necessary
certificate of fitness on the first examination shall be borne
by such candidate: Provided, however, that such last-
mentioned expense may, if the Permanent Head thinks fit,
be borne in the first place by the Department, and in such
case the same may be deducted from any pay or other moneys
which may be or become due by the Department to such
candidate.
14. Every member who is authorized by the Permanent
Head to engage casual workmen must, subject to any instruc-
tions in that behalf given to such member by his superior
officer, select from among those available such workmen as
are, in the opinion of such member, most suitable and best
qualified to perform the work required to be done, and shall
at the end of each departmental four-weekly period forward
to his superior officer, for transmission to the Permanent
Head, a statement showing the names of all persons so engaged,
the nature and location of the work done, the capacity in
which each such person was employed, and the total length
of time during which each such person was employed in such
period, and shall certify whether each person named in such
statement who is in the employ of the Department at the
close of such period is suitable and in all respects qualified
for the position he is filling.
15. No person and his son or brother or son-in-law shall be
employed in such circumstances that the one is under the
immediate charge, direction, or control of the other.
16. No person shall be appointed as a probationer unless
his age at the time of his appointment is not less than the
minimum and not greater than the maximum following in
each case, that is to say,-
In the First Division--
As a cadet .. .. 15 to 17 years last birthday.
In the Second Division--
As an apprentice .. 15
As a rivet-boy .. 16
,, junior porter .. 17 to 20
,, ,, surfaceman .. 17 to 20
,, ,, lifter .. 17 to 20
,, ,, striker .. 17 to 20
,, ,, holder-up .. 17 to 20
,, ,, machinst .. 17 to 20
,, ,, labourer .. 17 to 20
,, cleaner .. 17 to 26
,, traffic labourer .. 21 to 28
,, surfaceman .. 21 to 34
,, labourer .. .. 21 to 34
,, tradesman .. 20 to 34
Provided that in the case of the position of Traffic labourer
the maximum age shall, if the candidate shall have had
previous training in the Traffic Branch of a railway which is,
in the opinion of the Permanent Head, satisfactory, be
thirty-four years last birthday.
Age at Entry.
17. Adults in any occupation shall be classified below
juniors in the same occupation who were last appointed in
the Department before such adults: Provided, however, that
no employee whose last employment in the Department was
as a junior shall during the period of his juniorty and for one
year thereafter be eligible for promotion before any adult
in the same occupation who was last appointed in the De-
partment after such junior and whose period of probation has
expired and who is otherwise eligible for promotion.
18. Juniors shall as between themselves be classified, other
things being equal, on the basis of length of service since the
date of last appointment in the Department in each case,
the junior with longer service ranking above any junior with
shorter service notwithstanding that the latter may be
entitled to a higher rate of pay than the former.
19. No person shall become a member without the approval
of the Minister.
20. All appointments to Classes 1 and 2 of Subdivision I
and to the special grades of Subdivision II of Division I shall
be made by the Governor-General.
21. Every person who enters the service of the Department
shall be deemed to be on probation for such period as may be
prescribed in that behalf, and shall find such guarantee of
fidelity as may be required. His engagement in the service
of the Department may, during the period of probation, be
forthwith terminated by the Permanent Head should such
person fail to discharge his duties satisfactorily, or if for any
other reason he is, in the opinion of the Permanent Head,
unsuitable for retention in the Department. At the expira-
tion of his probationary service each probationer shall, subject
to the provisions of regulations 19 and 23, become a member.
No probationer shall be eligible for promotion or for transfer
from one branch of the service to another. In no case shall
any period of service as a casual employee be taken into
account as part of the probationary period of any person who
becomes a probationer.
22. The probationary period shall be-
(a.) In the case of a probationer in Division I, three years
from the date of his appointment as such;
(b.) In the case of an apprentice, three months from the
date of his commencing service in the Department
in pursuance of his having been selected for trial
with a view to his being indentured as an apprentice;
(c.) In every other case, one year from the date of appoint-
ment as a probationer.
23. In no case shall a probationer become a member on or
after the expiration of his period of probation unless and
until the Permanent Head certifies that such probationer has
satisfactorily served his period of probation, that he is suit-
able for retention in the service of the Department as a
member, and that his services are required as such. Such
certificate shall not be given-
(a.) In the case of a cadet (other than an engineering or
drafting cadet), unless he has passed an examination
before an officer nominated by the Permanent Head
and has obtained from such officer a certificate in a
form approved by the Permanent Head that such
cadet is qualified as a telegraph operator, that he
has a sufficient knowledge of telegraph connections,
and that he has passed such test of his efficiency in
the work he has been performing as the Permanent
Head may prescribe.
(b.) In the case of an engineering or drafting cadet in the
Maintenance Branch, unless he has-
(i.) Passed the Preliminary Examination of the
Institution of Civil Engineers; or
(ii.) Passed the Engineering Preliminary Examina-
tion and the Entrance Examination in Engineering
of the University of New Zealand.
(c.) In the case of an engineering or drafting cadet in the
Signal Branch, unless he has passed the Engineering
Preliminary Examination of the University of New
Zealand.
(d.) In the case of an engineering or drafting cadet in the
Locomotive Branch, unless-
(i.) He has passed the Engineering Preliminary
Examination and the Entrance Examination in
Engineering of the University of New Zealand; or
(ii.) He has, by reason of practical work in engi-
eering performed in the service of the Department
attained to such proficiency therein as, in the opinion
of the Permanent Head, warrants his becoming a
member:
Provided, however, that in any case where, on the report of
the Permanent Head, the Minister is satisfied that any cadet
has not had reasonable opportunity of qualifying for or passing
any examination herein provided for, the period of probation
of such cadet may be extended for such time, not exceeding
twelve months, as the Minister may determine.
Cadets who are attached to telegraph classes and are
occupied full time therein shall pass the examination in
telegraph operating and connections within four months after