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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 4 (August 1, 1932)

Up-to-date Filing Methods

page 34

Up-to-date Filing Methods.

After inspecting the electric duplicator which, with admirable mechanical efficiency, produces in hundreds departmental circulars destined for distribution throughout the system, we move to the next office, a spacious room accommodating, with a staff of posting and section clerks, a great array of neatly pigeon-holed files, each one of which, we are informed, contains the personal record of a member of the permanent staff covering the whole period of his service in the Department.

The task of keeping the information on each of those twelve thousand-odd files posted up to date is obviously one of some magnitude, but the work goes smoothly on day by day, and the complete record of each individual member, covering such details as salary, grade, class, designation, qualifications, educational attainments, promotions, punishments and location at any given date throughout his career is available for inspection at a moment's notice.