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WELLINGTON TOPICS.

THE PEACE CONFERENCE. NEW ZEALAND'S DELEGATES. (Special Correspondent) Wellington, Feb. 3. The cablegram published this morning explaining the attitude of the New Zealand delegates towards the representation of the Dominion at the Peace Conference, frees Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward from the suspicion of having lectured the Imperial Government upon it 3 duty to the overseas portions of the Empire. It has not, however, dispelled the popular idea that the emulation of the little army of official newspaper correspondents in Paris and London at the present time is giving the messages concerning the proceedings an undue personal flavor. The public are being told a great deal about what Mr Wilson thinks and says and are not being allowed to remain in ignorance of the views of Mr Hughes, Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward, but they are hearing comparatively Ijttle at first hand of the opinions of M. Clemenceau and Mr Lloyd George who, after all, are the men who are going to have the last word in the settlement of the great problems that are engaging the attention of the Conference. THE COAL SUPPLY. The Dominion returns this morning te' the discussion of the threatened coal shortage and makes the very sensible suggestion that as> a precautionary measure some of the millions of cords of firewood rotting alongside the railway lines ■'should be brought into Wellington. The Hon. A. M- Myers, the Minister of Munitions and Supplies, who has had the coal question in hand for some time, does not expect a repetition of the famine of last winter, but he would' be very glad to see the supplies supplemented by wood if the necessary arrangements for cutting and transport could be made. Unfortunately most of the fallen timber still suitable for fuel is lying on private property and probably the owners, for whom it has some potential value, would demand prices on a parity with those demanded for coal. The Minister is looking into the matter with a view to giving what relief is possible and if any practicable scheme can be devised it will be put into operation. SOLDIERS AND SETTLEMENT. There are not- many confirmed grumblers among the men who have been returning from the war during the last few days, but a certain number of them are disappointed by what they have heard since their, arrival of the schemes for settling soldiers on the land. Perhaps the expectations of some of these men were a little extravagant. From what they had heard and read while on service they had hoped that those of them with practical experience on the land would be able to step on to improved farms of'their own at once and that those with the business to learn would be trained on the land they subsequently would occupy. The Government, they now understood, is not able to do ail this in a day or even a week. But the Wellington Land Beard, and presumably the other land boards in the Dominion, are giving very generous assistance to the would-be settlers and the Minister declares no effort will be spared to provide every man with the opportunity he desires. THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. Though the authorities entertain no fears of a recurrence of the influenza epidemic in a serious form they admit that isolated cases are occurring and that stringent precautions are necessary. The local organisations for fighting the epidemic, after doing splendid work during the most critical period of the visitation, were allowed to lapse a little too abruptly, largely with the idea of leaving the workers free for the peaceful cefebration of Christmas; but they now are being reminded that the peril is not altogether past and that the authorities will be glad to know their services are still available in case of emergency. Auckland and Wanganui both [are indignant at what appears to have been a misreading of their statistics by the Health Department, but Wellington has not been perturbed by any contretemps of this kind and its present [•activity is simply precautionary.

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Taranaki Daily News, 6 February 1919, Page 6

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WELLINGTON TOPICS. Taranaki Daily News, 6 February 1919, Page 6

WELLINGTON TOPICS. Taranaki Daily News, 6 February 1919, Page 6

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