THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2471, 8 April 1909, Page 2

THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH

We have before expressed the opinion •that the new policy enforced;.by Sir Joseph Ward in retiring those servants who have attained the age of sixty-five is a right one. It opens out a way of promotion to the younger men, and enables effect to be given to new methods. While respect must' ever 'be given to the aged, it. cannot be forgotten that youth lias vigor. The- Dominion must look for" advancement to the' prime of its manhood. There comes a day when the most vigorous have to. make, way for those who press' forward in the van of the. succeeding generation. New; Zealand legislators have recognised this, and provided bountifully, for the aged among the country’s Civil servants. Their declining years will be generously provided for, and rightly so’. It is but natural that many among their numbers will take amiss the order to stand aside, but upon consideration they will see that the. country’s good is the supreme law.—‘Mataura Ensign.’ . THE SAN FRANCISCO SERVICE. It is, of course, true that the present mail service via San Francisco is. unsatisfactory; but in our opinion this should have, induced :. Government to make every possible effort to secure better provision for mail.transport by what has long since, proved itself to be much the shortest route between'England- and the Australasian colonies; {We can hardly'blame the British Post Office for urging more expedition; but the conditions - under which -the. new serveie is -to. be. conducted , are such as will certainly not promote the’convenience or;.interest- of Auckland in particular,'or New Zealand in general. The Tahiti-San; Francisco service is very slow and unsatisfactory, and dependence on connections of tins ,r-‘‘...ns!r'V->nda.;du diceppointment. — ■ . -if-; ■' V ;• '.(■. ; "