WELLINGTON.
(Fr on our own correspondent.)
[By Telegraph]
This Day, 2 50 p.m. The bon. the Premier end Mr Dick, the Colonial Secretary, go south by to-morrow's steamer, for a week's holiday. Meggra Atkinson and Johnston will be the Resident Ministers la Wellington. Nothing is yet settled abouS tbe diuolution aud elections, but every effort is being made to get the new rolls completed within the prescrib.d thirty days. It is fear*<s that this will be almost impracticable in totna of the outlying districts, nevertheless all possible expedition will bo used to get off the elections si early at possible. It is rumored that the vacaant portfolio will be filled up directly after Mr Hall's return from ihe South. Most people regard Mr WokeSeld as the coming man, but it is believed tbia would be unecceptabl* to several members of tbe Cabinet, owitg Is itß certaia unpopularity in Auckland and Otago. .Regarding native affairs, Mr Rolltston telrgrtpho to da? that the natives are alill cultivating extsntively and |not making lha slightest preparation for war. Krarythiaf basrs a, psacoful aspsct.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 229, 26 September 1881, Page 2
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179WELLINGTON. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 229, 26 September 1881, Page 2
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