The scheme for the reorganisation of the volunteer force baa been completed and will be referred to a committee of the House, It prorides for the employment of trained officers from England, and aims at the placing of tbe service on a sound basis: In the event of encampments being held, volunteers will be kept in camp instead of being allowed to run into town as has been the case hitherto, and will be required to spend some portion of their time in the batteries receiving big gun drill. The new service will, it is reported, mean tbe expenditure of an additional £20,000 per annum, provision for which ■will have to be made ont of revenue.
HE WON'T BNTBBTAIN.
Probably Earl Onslow, bo far as the people of Wellington are concerned, ia the roost unpopular Governor that tbe colony has bad, and tbe feeling exis'ing against him in social circles has been intensified by the absence of the Co 'in toss fr>m the opening ceremony. There has been Jess entertaining at Government House during the past twelve months than in any similar period, and His Excellency does not attempt to conceal the fact that he prefers residing in any of the o'her three centres to Wellington.
