WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10424, 23 April 1897, Page 5

WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

[nf TELEGRAPH.—OWM CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington , , Thursday, THE LAND LAWS. It has been oommonly thought that the Minister of Lands is tho author of the 640 acre limitations of fireb-olass, and 2000 acres of sucond-class land that can be held. The following revelation was raadi last night at Mr. Atkinson's meeting. Mr, Hislop took tho opportunity to correct a statement made by Mr. Atkinson that the present Minister for Lands was the author of the provision In the land laws of the colony, limiting tho urea of Crown land, which could be acquired by one porspn bo 6-10 acres first-class, and '2000 acres aeconilclas* land. Sir H.irry Atkinson first appliod tho principle to tho Crown lande of the colony, and Messrs. Rolleston and Richardson had applied it to different leasehold tenures under which Crown land wus acquired. NEW ZEALAND VETERANS. This boily of " old soldiers" have drawn up an addresi to be presented to Her Majesty. It is now in tho hands of the illuminator. THE CONTINGENT. Mr, Atkinson told the electors of the "suburbs" that Her Majesty would be well pleased if the £10,000, which the contingent was toenst, were distributed among t the sufferers by the Hawke'a Bay floods. THE SUBUHBS ELECTION. The Lyttelton Time*, jneb to hand, has a strong leading artiole fnvouring the candidature of Mr. A. It. Atkinson. All sorts of rumoun aro iidiat about stuffing the rolls, about under ago vntora, etc. There is a genuine alarm among the Government supporters as to the result.