NOTES FROM OUR "SPECIAL."

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10894, 20 April 1898, Page 2

NOTES FROM OUR "SPECIAL."

(SPKOIAIi TO THK HAWKB'S BAY Herald j (BIT TELEOBAPH.) Wellington, Tuesday. RBaUMED WORK. Twenty oJ the fckklayeis who have been on strike at tbe Parliamentary build* Ings have renamed woik, oertaln dlffionltles ds to ptioe», &j,, having been overoome, 1 understand that a camber of the men will not bs taken on again by the Department, ts they are considered unsuitable for tbe woik If tbe wo kis not pnsbed on faater thßn at present id nill be Impossible for tbe Hoase to meet in Jane as at present oontemplated. RAILWAY SURPLUS, t understand that the Minister of Railways bsi Riven it at bit opinion that tbe railway anrplns will be about £101,000, instead of £00,000 as was approximately estimated last month, and tbat tbe peioentage of earnings will slightly exceed that of last year. The Eaeter tnffia throughout the oolony was tbe keivleittver known. Tbe Minister thinks that the tame amount cf grain will be handled tblß scbbod as last, MR RICHARDSON 8 BANKRUPT V. Tbe annonnoement of tbe bankruptcy of tbe Hon. 6. F. Kiohardion wai received with regret here, The Pott, referring to tbe matter to olgbt, says :— " With his unquestioned ability, both as a Parliamentary debater and a pnbllo administrator, Mr filebardaon pouessed the ondonbted fasnlty of absolute direct* ' ness at the least cost of humiliation or chagrin to thoie to whom be found himself opposed. We are sony to kaoir tbat Mr Richardson does not propose to again seek a seat la Parliament, and as bis probable retirement baa been an open seoret for some time past, romor has not unnaturally been busy with the names of probable candidates for the Matanraseat. Mr M'Nab, the former member, will oertalnly be a oan* didate, and a strong requisition it, we hear, likely to be presented to Mr Ward, the ohairman of tbe Conoty Oonnoll, who Is a farmer long resident in tbe distriot, a gentleman of broad and liberal views, and said to be opposed to the Government of the day," THAT STOKE THROWING. Tbe polios hove ascertained that It wes a oonple of email boys. 9 and 10 years of age, who tbrew a large stone through the window of the Msnawatn Railway Company's train on Monday Dlght, when two ladles were lojured.