THE INTEBNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12571, 14 August 1906, Page 9

THE INTEBNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

MR ALLANS RESIGNATION. BETTERS FROM THE MINISTERS. The following letters havo been roby Mr Robert Allan from Sir Joseph Ward and tho Hon. Mr McGowan: — ~. Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, August Hth, ISIO-. Robert Allan, Esq Executive Commissioner. l.linst-church.-Sir-l have tho honour to inform you that your letter oi the . th inst., tendering your resiguatiou as a Commissioner, is to hand. The matter has been duly considered hy tno Government, and your resignation accepted with rogret. I dtsire, on behalf of the Government, to express to you my warm appreciation ot the services you havo rendered, and the assiduity you have displayed in carrying out the imi-ortaut unties attached to tho position. 1 regret that your health is the chief cause ior the course that you have taken, but am sorry to hoar irom you tiiut tho duties have not beeu rendered tho more pleasant from the fact that you <ud not get on well with your I'ollow-Coiiiinissioner. 1 rtwuiee. however, that the advice ol your" doctor cannot be ignored, .hanking you for your sincere expicsaious tor tho success ot the Exinbition.—l have the honour to be, sir, 'your obedient servant, „ n i'rentier. Office of the Minister of Justice, Wellington, August 11th, I'JOG. Robert Allan, Esq., Executive Commissioner, .N./,.1'.E., Cnristchurcli. —Dear Air Allan,—! regret very much tliat, tor the reasons stated in your letter ol the —'inst. you havo telt impelled to resign your position as an Executive Commissioner tor the Exhibition. Sir Joseph Ward has now resumed control ol Exhibition business, and will write you officially on the subject, but I wish to take this opportunity ot expressing my personal appreciation of your services during t-iio timo 1 havo been in charge, and to thank you for tho good work you have done in promoting the interests of the Exhibition during that period. lam indeed sorry to learn that your liealt-h is so unsatisfactory, and sincerely trust that your sojourn in- Australia will restore you to your wonted uood form.—loins faithfully, JAMES McGOWAiN. Mr Allan has also received tho following letter trom Sir Joseph Ward:— Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, ..August 11th, 1900. Robert Allan, Esq., Executive Commissioner, Christchurch. —Dear Mr Allan,, —In reference to your resignation as Executive Commissioner, which is referred to in the enclosed correspondence, 1 regret exceedingly to hear that your health is such that your doctor has recommended the course that yon havo taken. It will, however, give mo much satisfaction if you can allow yourself to bo retained as a Commissioner, even in an advisory position., which would not entail the strain of detail work that is called for in the capacity of Executive 'Cominusioiier. —Yours faithfully, J. G. WARD. Mr Allan has not j-et replied to this. THE POSITION OF MR MUNRO. (SPECIAL 10 '-TUB PRESS.") WELLINGTON, August 13. The Premier, Sir Joseph Ward, will proceed to Christchurch to-night, to attend :to Exhibition matters. Ono of the subjects to be dealt with will bo tho resignation of Mr Robert Allan as Commissioner. Considerable interest is being taken here in the discussion over the retirement. Tho "Times" this morning launches out in a leading article, in which it says:— "Mr Allan has been associated with Mr G. S. Munro, the Executive Commissioner, for several months past, and as Mr. Munro has, almost since his appointment iaa Executive Commissioner, been, justly or unjustly, a target for perpetual attack by the Christchurch Press as the supposed cause of friction,'.and the many regrettable 'incidents' Which have made Exhibition history a record of squalls of asperity, it is assumed that Mr Allan has reached the limits of endurance. Everybody in Christchurch—everybody, at any rate, who has a public voice—appears to havo made up his mind that through the centreing of authority in Mr Munro discord will become the established state of affairs with ruin and confusion as the natural result."