WELLINGTON NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 257, 3 November 1906, Page 7

WELLINGTON NEWS.

(By Telegrapb.—Own Correspondent.) , n WELLINGTON, this day. THE TREASURY, v Mr R. B. Vincent has succeeded Colo- 1 ° id Collins as assistant-secretary to the j s I'reasury, a position which he filled when j * \l"r J. 1!. Heywood went to England, and F »<rain when Colonel Collins vras in : :harge "f the rir=t llisley team. Mr -T. : • (!. Hcywooil. t!ie new u=-i~tant Controller nnd Aadilor-Cir-uetnl. and Colonel : * t'olliiis, hid successor in the position of ' Secretary of the Treasury, assumed iheir new duties yesterday, ' * STOCK DEPARTMENT RE-ORGAN- l> ISJ2D. ! „ When the Agricultural Department's i s vote? were under in the ' t House the Minister stated that the ! t ?toek Department was to be separated | t from the Agricultural Department, and i i Mr Clifton, ihe Auckland inspector of it Stock, was to be placed in charge of the j Stock Department under direction of • the Minister (Mr McNabl. On making!* inquiries thi~ morning I rseertsinerl t tbiit Mr Clifton's new duties will com- . ' pel hi> permanent transfer to Welling- ' lull. On all hands it is agreed that the ' choice of Mr Clifton us head of the. new ; •' division i«f tie Department not he ; ' hriiere.l. Tile question a> to Mr Clif- j> i on's successor at Auckland has not yet j ' (iceii settled by Cabinet, but a decision , 1 is expected in the course of a day or two. < MINISTER FOR LANDS. \ The Minister for Lands end Agrieul- | ] fure. accompanied by Mr J. D. Ritchie, h secretary of tiie Department of Agri- j i culture, will arrive in Auckland about i \ the end of the present month, their upe- j eial mission being the Auckland Agri- j • cultural and Pastoral Association's show. I ; Mr McNnb's sojourn in the northern ( city will hp confined to a few days, as ,] important engagements claim his atlen.- ! < tion in the Pouth. j j INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. ' Influenza has been very prevalent in,' this dry during the past few weeks, and ' the victims to its disagreeable ntten- : , . tions have assisted to partially di;lo- \ ci'.tc matters in many buxinrss qunrters. | Attendances at the various public ■ sehoola thr.-itijsheut the district liatr i been considerably affot-trcl by the rpi- I der.iic, both pupils and the teaching; staff going under to its grip. THE MAIX CEXSUS. Tn quite a number of the reports of \ (lie Native Conimissionrrs' sub-enumera-tors appear indications that the Maoris i are becoming more ;m-\ more, temperate j rcg-aulinff (he consumption of alcoholic j liquors. This is generally attributed to ! the good work done by the Maori Conn- j cils. Tile sub-enumerators report the j general health of the Maoris in this • country t;> be good. There hnd been no I epidemic amongst them. Fortunately ! for some of the Maoris of the Porirua j and Ilutt districts they are in receipt \ of small yearly sums from the proceeds • of their interest? in the Nelson and Wei- j lington '•tenths, - ' and the rent* of sra-ll I pk-res of land. Pome of thf. natives of : Hongoeka anr 1 Porirus supplement this by working for the European settlers. i AGRJCI'LTTRAL DEPAUTSfEKT. TLe in the administration cf 'ko Agricultural Department outlinecl hr the Min;,'rr f.-ir Lauds during thfi j discussion on the Estimates in the closing hours of Hi" ?r-.?ion will engage the ■i: tentio-i nt Cabinet at sn early date, i md ihti recoiuniendations of the Minister in ehiit'gp of the Depanment whi-h , ai-o almost cert win to be R.inetioned by ; his enllenprucs, will fake effect an from Decpinber Ist. It is understood that R. ! Kvptt, chief elt'rk, ivill reeeire Die np 1 pointment of tn«pecting Audit. Officer. ! 1 thp work or" (he Department beinir in- i ' creased to rirh an rxfrnt ns to make it | ' imperative for the creation of such .in ' J ollii-i'. Mr Evcit has filled a responsible j pnsitiui! in the De]Mirtment for close on . thirty years. :i;id is in every way well

qualified to rfwhararr: the diifies which it is propo-ed to entrust him vrith. He and Mr Clifton arc the oldt>«v. offleinls in length of fservife, in the Department. MTXISTKRS ILL. Two Ministers of the. Crown, the irons. Can-oil and Ifall ..Tone*., have been confined to their room? by illness since Parliament closed it:; door?. Iv Mr 1 Carroll's cise. his present condition i* the reverse, of satisfactory. Mr Hallj Jones discovers that the "flue" fiend has jno respect for rank or stafioH.