WELLINGTON NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1964, 27 December 1906, Page 3

WELLINGTON NEWS.

THE W AIM ANA' ESTATE. Mr. A. Barron, Chairman of the Land Purchase Board, is loaving lor Auckland in connection with the compulsory acquisition by the Government of tho Waimana Estate at Wluikatano. The machinery of the Compensation Court is to lie set in motion to ilecido tho difference between tho Crown and the owners of tho property as to tho purchase money, and Mr. Barron will watch the interests of tho Government at tho hearing. THE HON. W. 11AU,-JONES. Tho Minister for Ilailways ami Public Works, tho Hon. W. ilall-Jones, has not yet freed himself from the effects of the influenza bout which lam hold--*? him with a strong grip at the'em! of last season. _ His medi-

r lias ordered liim to take a eonirjeto rest for some weeks. Tho Minl&ttSr’s health is not improving under tho strain of official pressure.

FEDERATION OE LABOURERS. In view of tho recent strike at Kelburne Park, the lnboiers of this city have been stimulated into action, and steps are now being taken to safeguard their interests. Arrangeme;.',s are in train for the registration and the organisation, of every camp around the city, and the membership, already large, is daily being added :o. It is understood that tin; promoters are moving in the direction of establishing a federation of laborers throughout the colony.

STATE EAlliM CADETS. When Mr. J. At Ritchie, Secretary of the Depaitment of Agriculture, was in Auckland, he intimated that the Depaitment would take in a certain number of cadets at the Runkura experimental farm, ami it was also likely that a similar plan would be followed at Wairangi, but on a smaller scale In reply to a question this morning .Mr. Ritchie s-.id the matter of accommodation for cadets at the aforesaid experimental farms was still under the consideration of the Minister for Agriculture, hut no definite decision was likely to be come to until after the New Year.