WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12551, 3 January 1903, Page 8

WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

tefc-4. • (Fitou Orni Ows Correspondent.) v-.',:;;'' : WEtUNGTOW, January 2. p> Babot, who for 25 yews has "been IjfvMaririß superintendent for the Shaw,.Savill, Si<s:>i)d-Albion Company in Wellington has.iepj'tired'qn ai.pe'nsion:. .Captain Evans fills tho |f,f-ya;ca'ri'cy,'«ind'Captam Hart will continue t'o

: «ct .as. assistant. Bill,. M.P.> and his wife, who are: on 'a£si'Ma>Tisit ito 'New Zealand;, are at present uv SfeWelbi'gton.. He is a. member of. the House iSjt'pf, Commbris for the leefc Division of Staf-: :p?rif6rdshire.'i .'',.. ■ < ':%£>■* Some time ago thq Government : adopted of Maori industrial villages, and> 'I® decided 'to make the first experiment at aJlji'i'place on the Wanganui River known as JM-Pamdana,' better known as Corinth or EoriJH?f.tiiti.'J The' survey of the. land, whiqh.'the A'lviNatives have' agreed to give for the purpose fts£of;- this*- village', has now been completed, j jsaViithe-workshop," plans for which haye been pfii,prepared by thePublio Works Department, ,A-;ixvill'be!th6 first building to be erected, and S^.'thje/'wh'de'scheme will be pushed on.early Mr Grace, a Native interpreter St'- ; ,in Parliarnent, who is at present in .charge school at Corinth, has been charge of the village. . '.. MM/^7/The\uuinber'of Government suiveyors _in ; *f>?.s'the';North. Island is. to lie considerably inthis month in order to expedite the S3'Sopeningiof Crown, lauds. '■ 'if-'lSisvlt..ib. expected, that- negotiations in-pro-. '?o!'Mess for the purchase pi several large estates jf^'for-.'closer settlement will' be satisfactorily, /ipcbncluded -within the next few weeks. 'j|JJ;r;';The' Minister for .Trade and Customs has jif'?.' been 'informed: by Colonel Gudgeon, Raro-&-;':';"t'onga,: that; traders in the Cook Group have greatly "inconvenienced through 'the IP'S withdrawal, of the .Government steamer. wit Countess of Ranfnrh" from the Island, trade ■ feSf.loJ'Search'forthe'Eb'ingai'nite's missing boat. Colonel Gudgeon'^points out that it is.ndl^=;'visable,;:in" order to foster the fruit. v and tj:|.&;6thJer islatid' 'incrustjties, that the. steamer, f^^slioiild;--adhere'to her time-table, so.that. may. rely,'on' het ; paying them visits. ?fcwa4;regular' intervals throughout the year.; sfSStt-J 'i.r.y. '■"•.■ "" " .