discretion and too undefined powers have been given him. If all stories I hear are true he is selling us right and left - at all events every body considers he is, and his presence in the service is not adding to its respectability I hear that McDonald (Alec) is also playing similar games under the auspices of the Provincial Govt. That young Carkeek/following his example, keeping a Maori woman and going in for a slice of Land for himself. That Turner is mixed up with a claim in Waitotara