JUNE 15.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the time when they are attached to any such class in each |
case. Cadets who are not attached to any telegraph class
an active part in politics other than by recording his vote
as aforesaid shall pass such examination within twelve months
at elections, nor shall any such person without the permission
of their appointment in the Department.
of the Permanent Head first had and obtained accept or
Nothing in this regulation shall prevent any engineering
continue to hold the office of Mayor, President, Chairman,
or drafting cadet in the Maintenance or Signal Branches, who
or member of the Council or Board of any local authority or
was appointed as such prior to the making of this regulation,
Board of Education.
from becoming a member if (with the approval of the Per-
manent Head) such cadet qualifies to become a member under
24. Every engineering cadet in the Maintenance and
Signal Branches shall be required to pass a period of two
years at practical work as laid down by the Permanent Head.
31. No person in the service of the Department shall take
the provisions of the revoked regulations.
25. Every person selected for employment as an apprentice
(hereinafter called “the candidate”) shall be on probation
for three months from the date of commencement of his
service in the Department in pursuance of such selection.
Subject to the provisions of section 39 of the War Legis-
lation and Statute Law Amendment Act, 1918, every candi-
date shall during such period of probation be deemed to be
employed temporarily.
On the expiration of such probationary period the member
to whom the candidate will, if his services are retained as
an apprentice, be indentured shall certify whether the can-
didate’s work and conduct have been satisfactory and whether
he is suitable in every respect to become an apprentice. If
such member cannot certify that the candidate’s work and
conduct have been satisfactory and that he is suitable in
every respect to become an apprentice, then the candidate
shall not be indentured and his period of service in the De-
partment shall be terminated. If such member certifies as
above mentioned, an indenture shall be prepared by the
Permanent Head binding such candidate as an apprentice
as from the commencement of the candidate’s probationary
period, and after the execution thereof by the parties thereto
such indenture shall remain in the custody of the master
until the expiration of the term of the apprenticeship.
26. Upon completion by an apprentice of the period of
his apprenticeship the Permanent Head shall endorse on the
indenture of such apprentice a certificate under his hand
setting out the period of apprenticeship actually served
under the indenture, and the date of completion of such
period, and shall hand the indenture so endorsed to such
apprentice, and the same shall become the property of such
apprentice.

• Duties and Discipline.*

27. The duties to be performed by all persons in the service
    of the Department, whether members or not, and the dis-
    cipline to be generally observed in the performance of such
    duties, shall be as specified in the rules, regulations, and
    instructions of the Department.
28. The retention of any person in the employ of the
    Department shall in every case be conditional on (inter alia)
    such person performing or continuing to perform the duties
    allotted to him in a thoroughly efficient and workmanlike
    manner.
    He shall report punctually for duty at such hours as are
    from time to time assigned to him or specified on the duty-
    sheet by the officer in charge, and shall not leave his post
    during working-hours without first obtaining leave from the
    officer in charge.
    He shall be subject to and shall strictly observe the rules
    and regulations and codes of instructions issued from time to
    time for his guidance, whether the same are published with
    the general rules and regulations or otherwise; and shall
    consider and regard all rules of general application equally
    as binding upon him as those specially appertaining to his
    own particular position or duties.
29. Every employee in the Department who, by reason of
    illness or other emergency, is unable to report for duty at
    the appointed time shall immediately send notice of the fact
    and cause to his immediate superior officer, who shall forth-
    with verify the facts and take such other steps as the occasion
    requires. If and whenever an employee is absent from duty
    through illness for a continuous period of over twenty-four
    hours a medical certificate setting forth the nature and
    probable duration of such illness may be required at the
    option of the Permanent Head, and if such period of absence
    extends beyond one week additional certificates may be
    required from a medical practitioner nominated by the Per-
    manent Head and at such intervals as the Permanent Head
    determines. The cost of such certificates shall, unless other-
    wise decided by the Permanent Head, be borne by the em-
    ployee concerned.
30. Any person in the employ of the Department who in
    respect of his duties addresses any communication to any
    person outside the Department, or directly or indirectly
    seeks the influence or interest of any such person or persons,
    with a view to obtaining promotion, transfer, or any other
    advantage in the service, communicates official information
    to the Press, or uses it otherwise than in the course of strict
    official duty, shall be liable to dismissal.
31. If any person in the employ of the Department is con-
    victed by the Court of any offence arising from his improper
    conduct, the member in charge of such person shall forth-
    with fully report the circumstances to his District Officer.
    Such person shall be deemed to have been guilty of mis-
    conduct within the meaning of section 55 of the Government
    Railways Act, 1908, and shall be liable accordingly.
32. Every person employed by the Department shall im-
    mediately report every case that comes under his notice
    where any employee of the Department is, by reason of
    indulgence in intoxicating liquor or drugs, or of any other
    misconduct, unfit or unable to perform his duties satisfactorily,
    Any employee as is last mentioned, or any employee against
    whom a prohibition order is issued, shall be liable to dis-
    missal.
33. Every apprentice shall be indentured to the Workshop
    Manager (or to the Foreman of Works or Workshop Foreman
    in cases where there is no Workshop Manager) who is in charge
    of the workshop in which such apprentice is to be employed.
    The period of apprenticeship shall be five years.
34. When from any cause other than shop holidays an
    apprentice has not actually served for five years at his trade
    before the expiry of the period of his apprenticeship, he shall,
    upon the expiry of such period, work as a junior tradesman
    for such time as shall make his period of service not less
    than five years.
35. An apprentice may on the expiry of the period of his
    apprenticeship and of the period of his junior tradesmanship
    (if any) be appointed as a tradesman in the Department at
    the minimum rate of pay prescribed for the occupation to
    which he is appointed: Provided that no apprentice shall be
    appointed as aforesaid unless and until the Permanent Head
    certifies that such apprentice is in every respect suitable for
    such appointment and that his services are required.
36. Any member in Class 1 of Division II who has served
    for the full probationary period, and in respect of whom a
    certificate has been given in terms of regulation 23, may be
    employed as a guard, signalman, storeman, or shunter, and
    when so employed may be paid as such.
37. Any cleaner who has served in the Department for not
    less than one year and who is not less than eighteen years of
    age, and who has passed the prescribed examination for
    firemen, may be employed from time to time as fireman,
    and when so employed may be paid as such; and, except
    in cases of emergency, no cleaner shall be employed as fireman
    save as provided in this regulation.
38. Any fireman who has passed the prescribed examina-
    tion for engine-drivers may be employed from time to time
    as engine-driver, and when so employed may be paid as such.
39. Every person in the service of the Department will
    be required to transfer from any locality to any other locality,
    or from any branch of the Department to any other branch
    of the Department, as circumstances may require and the
    Permanent Head may direct. Any such person who for
    reasons unsatisfactory to the Permanent Head refuses or
    neglects to comply with any order directing him to so transfer
    shall be liable to dismissal or to such other punishment as
    the Permanent Head may lawfully determine.

• Promotion, &c.*

41. Each member who is in charge of one or more other
    members shall report annually on the 31st January to his
    District Officer on the efficiency, suitability, merit, conduct,
    and progress of each member in his charge. The District
    Officer shall carefully consider each such report, and, after
    making any investigation necessary, shall report to the
    Permanent Head regarding the suitability of each member
    under his control for advancement in the service and the
    positions which each such member is recommended as being
    suitable for and capable of filling satisfactorily and efficiently.
    When any member who is considered to be within the range
    of promotion, or whose pay will be affected, is adversely
    reported on, the District Officer shall notify him of the fact
    and the reasons therefor.
42. Members may be promoted from a lower to a higher
    subdivision, class, subclass, or grade as vacancies occur or
    the exigencies of the service require, and such promotion
    shall in every case be contingent on the efficiency, suitability,
    good conduct, and merit of the member concerned. No
    such promotion shall in any case be made unless and until
    the Permanent Head furnishes the certificate required under
    regulation 62.
    This regulation shall be deemed to have come into opera-
    tion on the 27th day of June, 1920, on which date regula-
    tion 48 of the revoked regulations shall be deemed to have
    been revoked.