AUCKLAND SPECIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 310, 10 January 1902, Page 2

AUCKLAND SPECIAL.

COLONEL ROBIN. (Special to Times.) Auckland, last night. It is rumored that Colonel Robin is to be ottered command of the ghth Contingent, and that he is 1' - , to accept the position. VOLCANIC MA ELS. A lady from Rome v recently visited Rotorua has informed "'.o Health Department that she com- -ers the volcanic marvels of that district far excel those of Yellowstone Valley a~I Iceland, with which she is well acquainted. PERSONAL. Mr and Miss Arthur Rees left for Rotorua this morning. INDIGNATION IN AUCKLAND. A good deal of indignation is felt in Auckland that only two men have received commissions out of forty to be appointed. “ Auckland ought to have a fair proportion," says to-day’s Herald. “ The Premier speaks somewhat loftily about the care necessary to make a good choice, and that mere locality ought not to be taken into consideration. AVe feel quite sure that the applications sent from Auckland are as good as from any part of the colony, and yet it has only received two commissions out of forty. It is a great misfortune that there should bo any public grievance in this matter of appointment to commissions, because it may lead to dissatisfaction amongst the men, and a tendency to under-value their officers, thus impairing efficiency. But that only two should have been selected out of the Auckland applicants wiien forty appointments have to be made is of itself prool i that there is something wrong some- . where.”

; COLONEL DAVIES. * A special wire from Wellington in 1 reference to the hitch in the commands 5 says that the main reason assigned for the 3 hitch which has occurred is the rank of i’ Lieut.-Colonel Davies and the question of 1 the appointment of his subordinate offi--13 cers. The matter resolves itself into two - alternatives, namely, discrepancy between the rank of officers in the field and local rank after return to the colony and relative rank with regard to Imperial officers p m the field. It is understood Colonel s Davies desired to decline the command, [_ because he was not allowed to select his e officers. It is liopod, however, that j mutual concessions will result in a satisd factory solution,