WELLINGTON NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1686, 1 March 1906, Page 2

WELLINGTON NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, last night. It is unDrstood that at the ond of Mr Marchant’s lta'e of absence there wi 1 be a rearrangement, of the administration of the Lands and Survey Departmant. The staff will be mudo'lad tn the lines followed in Australian Stat s, the Undersecretary for Lauds being Chief Executive offleor ond the • Surveyor General merely bead of the technical branch. Mr W. C. Kensington, pre : oot U idur-S cretary, will probably remain in ofii *0 With extruded powers.’ The death occurred in tye'liogton today of Rev. Fa'her P.-rtuv, who had worked as a mission ry in N w Z n'aod for fiver 40 year'. He was 76 years oil. Lord Piunket has decided to present a gold medal antihally to tho ciodidata gamipg highest ma’ks at the examinations of Trinity College. 'The wionrr will be named by the visiting examiner. A public meeting was hold to night presided over by tbo Mayor, in which the Trades and Labor Council war tbp moving spirt*. I* tyas decided that urgent necessity existed for establishing n>unieipal markets in the city, aud tbo mpttfog appointed a deputation to wait on the City Council with reference to the matter.