STATUTORY RULES.
1928.
No. 11.
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1924.
THE
Board of Commissioners appointed under the Commonwealth
Public Service Act 1922-1924, in
pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the said Act, and
subject to the approval of the Governor-General, hereby makes the following
amendments of the Regulations, such amendments to come into operation
forthwith.
Dated
this 19th day of January, 1928.
C. B. B. WHITE, Chairman.
W.
J. SKEWES. J.
P. McGLINN. | Board
of Commissioners. |
Approved in Executive Council this
second day of February, 1928.
STONEHAVEN
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s
Command,
A. J. McLACHLAN
for Prime Minister.
Amendments of Commonwealth Public Service;
Regulations.
(Statutory
Rules 1926, No. 212, as amended to this date) .
1. Regulation 141 is amended by omitting from
sub-regulation (1) the words
“Returning Officer shall, subject to the concurrence of the Board”, and inserting
in their stead the words “Board shall”.
2. Regulation
141b is amended by omitting from
sub-regulation (1) the words
“before noon on,” and inserting in their stead the words “not later than noon
on the seventh day preceding”.
3. Regulation 141e is amended—
(a) by omitting from clause (b) of sub-regulation (2) the words “(addressed to the
Returning Officer) ”.
(b) by inserting in sub-regulation (2) ,after clause (b), the following additional clause:—
“(c) one envelope addressed to the Returning
Officer.”
27.—Price
3d.
(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) the
words “Each ballot-paper and ballot-paper envelope”, and inserting in their
stead the words “Each ballot-paper, ballot-paper envelope, and addressed
envelope”.
(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (4) the
words” ballot-papers and ballot-paper envelopes”, and inserting in their stead
the words “ballot-papers, ballot-paper envelopes, and addressed envelopes”.
4. Regulation 153 is
repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
Subjects
and marks for competitive examinations for Third Division.
153.
(1) Competitive examinations may be held for admission to the Commonwealth
Service in the Third Division, and, subject to these Regulations, every candidate
shall be examined in the following subjects:—
Full marks. |
(a) Handwriting—To be judged for legibility, neatness, and
simplicity, from the candidate’s paper in dictation.............................................................................
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(b) Dictation...........................................................................................
| 400
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(c) English—Essay writing, précis
writing, analysis, and the meaning of words
| 400
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(d) Arithmetic—The full course, such as is usually contained in a
standard treatise
| 400
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(e) Geography—Outlines of astronomical, physical, and political
geography of the world in broad outline, and the geography of the Commonwealth
of Australia in moderate detail.......................................................................................................
| 300
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(f) British History—From 1763 a.d.
to 1919 a.d., with
reference to Australia and the chief members of the British Commonwealth of
Nations. Elementary civics with special reference to Australian conditions.....................................................
| 300
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(g) Geometry—Theoretical and practical. Elementary plane geometry
of straight lines, angles, triangles, parallels; of area (triangle and
parallelograms) , including the geometrical theorems corresponding to
algebraical identities; of the circle. Easy exercises on the above.
Corresponding constructions depending on the above may be required to be done
accurately with graduated ruler, protractor and compasses. Candidates may be
required to prove the validity of a construction...................................................
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Theorems involving
proportion not required........................................
| 300
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(h) Algebra—Up to and including, quadratic equations in one
unknown, simultaneous equations in two unknowns both equations of the first
degree (coefficients numerical or algebraic)
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Full marks.
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or one of first degree and one of the second
(coefficients numerical only) .
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Easy problems involving these
equations. Graphs of a + bx and a + bx + cx2 (numerical
coefficients) .
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Easy graphical applications.
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Surds, as far as they
are required in the solution of quadratic equations.
| 300
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(i) Latin, including easy sight translation, easy composition, and
grammar.
| 300
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(j) French, same as in Latin......................................................................
| 300
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(k) German, same as in Latin...................................................................
| 300
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(l) Elementary Physics—
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Section I.—Introductory Measurements.
Measurement
of length. Subdivision of scale unit by estimation. Use of the vernier,
calipers, the micrometer screw gauge.
Determination
of areas by simple mensuration methods and on squared paper.
Volumes
of solids by direct measurements and by the displacement of water. Common
apparatus used in estimating liquid volumes.
Estimation
of accuracy of measurement so as to avoid the statement of results to
unnecessary decimal places.
Use
of balance. Weight of solids submerged in liquids. Archimedes’ principle.
Density
and relative density (specific gravity) . Determination of relative density of
solids and liquids. Relative density of liquids estimated by balancing columns.
Use of the relative density bottle for finding the density of liquids and of
finely divided solids.
Section
II.—Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Heat.
Fluids
(liquids and gases) . Definition of pressure in a fluid. Boyle’s law for gases.
Transmissibility
of pressure. The hydraulic press. Pressure in fluids, subject to gravity,
dependent on depth. Floating bodies as illustrations of Archimedes’ principle.
Atmospheric
pressure. Weight of air. Fortin’s barometer. Aneroid. Lifting and force pumps.
Siphon.
Full marks |
Expansion, due to heat, of solids, liquids, and
gases. Mercury-in-glass thermometer. Fixed points, Fahrenheit and Centigrade
scales. Boiling point dependent on pressure. Co-efficients of expansion.
Charles’s law for gases.
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Unit of heat. Specific heat. Change of state. Latent
heat of fusion and vaporization. Determination of specific and latent heats by method
of mixture.
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Section
III.—Mechanics. |
Velocity and acceleration. Acceleration due to
gravity (equations of uniformly accelerated motion from initial rest) .
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Simple treatment of Newton’s laws of motion. Mass,
momentum, force. Measurement of force. Weight; distinction between mass and
weight.
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Parallelogram and triangle of forces. Inclined
plane. (Use of graphical methods of solving problems involving combination
and resolution of forces, &c.) .
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Parallel forces. Simple treatment of the principle
of moments, levers, pulleys. Centre of gravity: experimental determination.
Simple cases of stable, unstable, and neutral equilibrium.
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Work. Potential and kinetic energy. Change in
potential energy when a body is raised through a height. Kinetic energy of a
body possessing linear velocity. Conservation of energy.
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Power. N.P. The C.G.S.
system of units (for all the sections) .The British system of units (for
Mechanics’ section) .........................................................
| 300 |
(m) Elementary
Chemistry—
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(1) The simpler physics and chemistry of the
atmosphere and its two chief constituent gases.
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(2) Examples of chemical change as opposed to
physical change. Combination and decomposition. Conservation of mass.
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(3) The chemistry of combustion. Common fuels and
their products of combustion.
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(4) The fundamental chemical laws of definite
proportions, multiple proportions, equivalents, and re-acting gaseous
volumes, as illustrated by a practical study of the above.
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Full marks. |
(5) The laws of Boyle and Charles. The density of
gases. (6) The general characteristics of mixtures,
compounds and elements (metallic and non-metallic) , allotropic
modifications. (7) Basic and acidic oxides. Acids, bases, normal
and acid salts. Double decomposition. (8) The three states of aggregation of matter and
the transition from one state to another, as illustrated by water. (9) Water as a solvent for solids and gases and the
simple phenomena of solution, such as crystalization, saturation and
supersaturation. (10) The chemistry of— Water and its
elements. Calcium, calcium carbonate, calcium oxide and
calcium hydroxide. Carbon (Inorganic) , carbon dioxide and carbon
monoxide. Sodium, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate,
sodium sulphate, and sodium nitrate. Chloride and hydrochloric acid. Sulphur, sulphuric acid, sulphurous acid, and
hydrogen sulphide. Magnesium, magnesium oxide and magnesium carbonate. The oxides of nitrogen and nitric acid.
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Ammonia, ammonium
chloride, ammonium sulphate, and ammonium, nitrate..........................................................
| 300 |
(n) Shorthand
and Typewriting.—Shorthand will comprise three tests of three minutes each,
at the rates of 80, 100, and 120 words a minute, 45 minutes being allowed for
the transcription of the whole. The transcription must be written. (200
marks.)
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No speed is prescribed
for typewriting. Candidates will be allowed a certain time for typing the
paper set. (100 marks) ...........................................
| 300 |
Full marks. |
(o) Bookkeeping
Principles and Practice.—Use of subsidiary books, including cash book, sales
book, purchase book, bills receivable book, bills payable book. Journal,
ledger, nominal, real, and personal accounts. Trial balances. Extracting
trading and profit and loss accounts and balance-sheets.
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The standard required
is that of the Intermediate Examination of the Accountants’ Institutes............................................................................
| 300 |
(p) Business Knowledge.—Business correspondence (composition of
letters, treatment of outgoing letters, treatment of incoming letters, indexing)
. Postal information (chief oversea mail routes from and to Australia,
registered letters, late letters, parcels post, money orders, postal notes) .
Banking (notes, cheques, pay-in slips, exchange, current accounts,
overdrafts, deposits) . Common commercial terms and abbreviations. The law
relating to contracts, promissory notes, and bills of exchange
| 300 |
(q) Drawing—Section I.—Elementary Practical Geometry—
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The care and use of the drawing board, T-square, set
square, protractor, and compasses.
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To draw, by construction, an angle equal to a given
angle, an angle to contain a given number of degrees, and straight lines
parallel and perpendicular to each other.
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The division of straight lines into equal or
proportional parts; the construction and use of simple plain scales; the
proportional enlargement or reduction of plane figures; easy problems in the
construction of triangles and quadrilaterals; easy problems on the
construction of regular polygons, given one of the sides, a diagonal, or a
diameter.
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Drawing in plan and elevation, to full size or other
scale, simple objects.
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Section
II.—Elementary Perspective—
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The examination will test the candidate’s power to
apply the principle of linear perspective in the representation of simple
objects.
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Section
III.—Drawing from Geometrical Models and from
Common Objects—
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Groups of not more than three models or objects will
be provided
| 300 |
(2) A candidate shall undergo
examination in at least six, but not more than eight, subjects, four of which
shall be subjects (a), (b), (c), and (d) , specified
in the last preceding sub-regulation, the remaining two, three or four being
left to his choice.
(3) A candidate shall not be
regarded as having passed the examination unless he passes in Handwriting and
obtains at least three-fifths of the full marks in each of the subjects (b), (c), and (d) , and in
each of two of the selected subjects in which highest marks are awarded to him.
(4) A successful candidate shall be
credited with the marks awarded in the one or two additional subjects he has
taken, if at least 25 per cent. of the marks available for each of the
additional subjects is obtained, but the marks for a subject not considered for
the purpose of a pass shall be awarded on a maximum of 200.
By
Authority: H. J. Green, Government
Printer, Canberra.