WELLINGTON SPECIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 328, 31 January 1902, Page 3

WELLINGTON SPECIAL.

RAILWAY WORKS. (Special to Times.) Wellington, last night. Concerning tno stoppage of work on ho various lines of railway the Minister for Public Works has stated that in all cases tho vote has been exceeded, and it is not intended to resume work before the end of the financial year. The Cabinet is by law allowed to appropriate one-fourth of the previous year’s vote in each case . for expenditure between Ist April and the end of June. Mr Hall-Jones declines to say whether work will be resumed when the ond of the financial year arrives. MR DONNE. Mr T. E. Donne, head of the tourist department, is recovering from his recent illness. He expects to leave Auckland for Gisborne about the end of the week to make an inspection of the mineral springs, I ajd decide on tho contemplated improvements. VISITOR FROM JAPAN. Dr. Nishikawa, of the Fisheries Bureau

of Japan, who arrived yesterday, is engaged upon a tour of Australasia for the purpose of gaining as much information as possible about colonial industries generally, and the fishing industry in particular. He has already seen tho hatcheries in the South, and thinks them excellent. Mr Ayson, Inspector of Fisheries, is showing him round, and thoy will visit Napier

next week. SURVEYORS’ BOARDS, Tho conference of delegates from the Surveyors’ Boards of Australasia, which sat recently at Melbourne, passed resolutions (1) recognising certificates issued by the New Zealand Board since September, 1895; (2) admitting New Zealand as a reciprocating body, and thus completing in Australasia a professional federation ; (3) affirming the establishment of a General Council, consisting of representatives of each Board, and empowered to deal during the recess with any important question. The Hon. G. F. Richardson, who represented this colony at tho Conference, states that one result of the reciprocal arrangements is that in future our young surveyors, on going to the States of the Commonwealth, will bo duly accredited, and ean obtain a States license or authority, and proceed to work at once, and of course surveyors from the Commonwealth will have the same privilege here. Mr Richardson added that there is reasonable ground for hoping that before very long Australasian surveyors’ diplomas will be recognised in the Orange and Transvaal colonies.