A GOOD story is told in connection with Mr Ward's return and in illustration of the prevalence of billet-bunting in this colony. When the Warrimoo was steaming into the Auckland harbor she was met by a despatch boat wjtb a bag full of letters and telegrams for the Colonial Treasurer, One of the firs of these opened by Mr Ward was an urgent telegram from a man who wanted a Govern ment billet. The Treasurer then knew that he was in very truth nearing the dry land of his beloved New Zealand. But should a man so capable as that billet-hunter of taking time by the forelock not meet with his re ward? The Treasurer should consider tnat view of the matter.
