WELLINGTON TOPICS.
C&IOS1MA8 KECWD& (Frew OwpCcwe»p<*d«&t.) Wellington ha* untikued to hott* Mjk festival tluougkost tie CWirtam weakwith a fight heart and am 'Vfm wane,:' The »fam»ke*f«f]i eowfim their eajfygn-'; port* of record. buAmeas, and tike be&day resorts, far ami mm, fowe law , crowded as they mw havfehesa. 'eswsJtef More. Tnum, taxi-cosa, meter uxtiett, btcty means «rf transit, fatted, casta* the railways, have bees taxed to tajfar utmost capacity, and the fcotefe sflt boardiiur-hotifes and bospitatfc Imkh» have bees full of ratters. . ]f the-feat • of the capital city i» to satiety <t» enemy, the Denhuc* he* m tsg*e*sjsr the past, do concent for the.pnsmt, sad no fear* for the future; it ku pbyedsV part admirably, and i» cosftauaff to pi*/ it. What will happen who the -rrtrwing comet to be taken no on* cm any? and at the moment no one eaie*. A»jbt dead past ana* fcery it. «ws dtaeV». the awakening future mutt beer ii»tf«m « burdens. ' THE BAILWAY& Thongl twins wiidi' ia tacmir reaps were crowded from end. t» end wtthJanV day pameigtn have fees* runner MBempty daring tite Ctaietaas eeaatav tt» railway authorities refuse, to be esstvinced they an punukag a wasteM aacV suicidal poHey by disawrraging temlUng. High prices, inf request trans*, eat} vexations regulations an driving- people in hundreds from the railway W<the road, and in addition to the fane of revenue the State ia suffering, the rapid road traffic 1» imposing an increased *•*••' den upon tlte local bodies in toe wl of repairs. It is reported new that-ele beginning of all tab sorry fasiafftswras a determination on the Bart nfC^'Mat official to ahow ttiepublic bow tfcennWie. could be kept away'from race meetingst and at the same time schooled in the* exercise of a wider frugality. The star*! is being passed around with tircumsSM rial detail, and really seems a littlemore probable than Borne of the others that are being circulated. It -is certain taw* Ministerial control of the lines n»Janaw exists. ' '-'"** THE DEFENCE DEPARTMENT !' The escape of the German piVwtiu, from Motuihi Island—now, iianpnV, eat off by their recapture—appears to haw provided the hat straw that was, a> quired to Ttreak the hack of pobHr-W tience with the Defence Department Sm / critics of the •not very discriminating, bat in tiak can* they are much mow ready to. «S» «■*- Minister than to admit the nmriUlitiiwir any excuse for his military aftrisemJßtr James Allen, by hia seal and thenwajtnesg and personal sacrifices, he* ««■%' good deal of tolerance, and even adatiration, from his former political oapofr. euts in spite ofiiig fault*, of maime?niai bluntness of speech. But for the army of administrative officer*, mfliboT anal eiril, connected with hk Btepartnteni, there is rarely anything better tium hand and unappreciative words. Since the M<>- i tuihi Island escapade this attitude ef mmd has found more and inote eenanl ' expression. WSITWJLL MMIBKiaPCK.' of the party truce there m tc~dbw i£ more disposition to talk seetiona] ptaV tics than there was a year ago; bat there >s a strong feeling even among theaa people that something ought to be dona qakk\y to satisfy the public of the rfjetency of tile Defence administration, Ihft commission set op to enquire into the. question of expenditure will not begin it* sittings for two or three weeks, and, at the very best, cannot' have its reoost; ready within a couple of months, but meantime other questions than those associated with finance are exercising that minds of the public and grrimgtli? lam generous of the partisans te promote the very unreet aaixnallait the party truce was intended to s*3L Perhaps the rumor that Sir Jame* is to go Home to the meeting of tin Imperial Cabinet, and Mr. Mascey to hJU his portfolio during his absence, sans have arisen out of some mention of 22 flatter in Cabinet. ™
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 December 1917, Page 5
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