WELLINGTON TOPICS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14706, 5 June 1920, Page 4

WELLINGTON TOPICS.

(Special Correspondent.) ; WELLINGTON, ,l Uh V THE PRINCE'S HI{EAKI)()Wv' NEW ZEALAND'S RESl'nvsi' i BILITY. >! * There are somo prickiingx 0 f science hero in connect.ion with Prince of Wales' nervous fto' Australia. Tho "J-told-you-so"' J*'*-! are recalling the warnings thev wlnlo tho Royal visitor was' 3' through Now Zealand. No rol„ ls of mature age, they now f w >| priUtWi to say, could have gone task thrust, upon tho Prim-o bv n 3' considerato Government and ;i t,|,J jj? less people during his tour Uir () |J!% Dominion without suffering tho sovpphysical and nervous strain. r p| lu pfc bio began at Auckland, was mm;. 011 '' at Rotorua, intensified during i)J to Wellington, and reached its r in tho capital city. It is known fi? while here his personal attendants! ' tested mildly against tho hard J" 4 ' that, was being imposed upon i? Prince, but tho sorely-tried .vounc J would not hear of any modiii^tjJ** tho officiiil progriiinnio being nia()„ his account, and the breakdown , 011 tralia is t.ho result. NON-POLITICAL CONTROL Some days ago it was stated hi of tho newspapers that Mr Masseyvl admitted the failaure of tiio r£? missioner control of tho Civil Bern and would get back to the old J? of control as speedily as -nndlir This morning, through tho the "Dominion," lie gives this sW meat an emphatic denial. "It he says, in a phrase which in polstili circles is taken to be equivalent (f calling the other fellow by „ ..* hard name, "entirely contrary' to fa t s< "A Bill," be goes on to exp]nj„ i.i, at present being drafted by the'u! Drafting Office, and will be submits to Parliament during the coming sion, wliich will strengthen the 51t j,i i ing law with regard to ii<)ii-p<ili(.ical coo' trol, aiul which will remedy rortjj,' defects in the Civil Service Act But while still championing "mj political" control with all liis former ardour, the Prime Minister scorns (]«, posed to somewhat modify his earlier interpretation of tho term. EXCEPTIONS. In his statement this morning J( t Massey mentions one or two exceptions from the operation of the Public Sot. vice Act. "In saying that," ho nddedto his previous declaration, "T stand bt what I said to tile deputation waited upon me somt six weeks ago to the effect that the Government should be consulted in regard to the Administrative Division of tho Public Service, which is practically rcatrfoted to permanent heads of Departments," His critics already are jibing tlie.Mink tcr with having abandoned a very mj. terial part of his former platform Mid they are not discomfited hy his retort that he is considering the "possibility" of bringing the Public Trust Office and the Post Otlice under the provisions of the Act. These two offices linvo boon exempt hitherto because it was felt the nature of their business was unsuitable for commissioner control. It ia not expected in well-informed circles that any change will be made. CABINET-MAKING. When Mr Massey set about recon. structing his- Cabinet after tho diseolation of the National Government it wai expected in political circles that Mr J, A. Young, the member for Waikftto, would be among the younger niombcn of the Reform Party selected for promotion. Mr Young has not only claims but also qualifications for a place at the Cabinet table, and some diwinpobt* merit- was felt by his friends wlien be was overlooked at the last distribution of portfolios. It is reported now from a usually wc ! bin formed source, however, that when Sir William Herrios retire!, as lie may do at any time now, Mr! Young will come into his dura audit given a wider sphere for the extra* of his ability and industry than hoi# yet enjoyed. 31 r Young bus notte among the obvious seekers after cfe and has none of the showy (juiililagt the politician, but he is an indcfatnlfc' worker and liis promotion would k generally popular. l "