HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 44, 17 March 1909, Page 2

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.

ITS Ii EOlKi A\ISATIOX. J . J l'liE.WlKll'S AXXOUXCEMENT. i By Telegraph,—Press Association. ' I - Marton, Last Night. 1 In the course of a speech at Marlon J to-night Sir .loseph Ward made several I imporlanl niiwiunreincnts with refer- ■] ence to the re-organisation of the High J Commissioner's alike in Ixindon. Mr. * Walter Ke.mawjy, ~-eeretary to the l j lligli Coiiiiiiissiotn r, »ho had been ill « I lII' public service lor 40 .vein's, was 011 ; tlie point of retiring under tin' age, limfl, and he desired lo publicly a«v , kwiiilcilgv the good work lie had done ill his position. To till the place the Government had appointed Mr. i'nllisei', w ho for many yiMir* had lieen audit olli- j eer iu J/uidou mid a man of large ex- . perience. After conferring with the j Anditor-ticnernl. Mr. T. K. llumer, t'n- " del-Secretary for Mines, who has hilil a long ami liiinorahlc career iu the nervier of tin' Xew Zealand Government, <

luul been appointed .to suoeeed Mr. l'alliser. llotli ap|Hiiiitmenls would i>e curried out with the full concurrence of r the Controller and Auditor-General. The development of the trade between the Old Country and Xew Zealand, both ways, wis a matter of great > importance 'to the Dominion, and the regulation and control of immigration ■was 11U0 11 matter that required thor«mgh attention. Iu order to enable an active olliccr from Xew Zealand with local knowledge to Carry out these duties, the (iovennneiit had appointed Mr. T. K. ])ojine, the present General "* Manager of the ToiiiiJt Di'purt'ment, to fill this responsible position. Both Mr. IXvanc and ~Mr. Ilamer would leave for * 'London at 1111 early da-tie, Sir Joseph Ward added that the appointment* meant only an increase of £B4 a year in the tost of the High Commissioner'* ' olliee.