A Gentlemanly M.H.R.
{pee united pkess association.) Auckland, April 30. Mr Allan DcDonald, M.H.R , for East Coast, was a passenger yesterday by the niail steamer, for San Francisco* and it is .stated that whilst on board the vessel he declared that he had withheld his resignation simply "to spite his constituents," and he would " see them damned fir>t, before he would resign." At any rate he has gone, and last night, the Speaker of tne House (Sir G. M. O'Horkej had not received Mr McDonald's resignation. Gisbobne, April 30. Great indignation has been expressed hero at the conduct of Mr McDonald, M.H.R., who has left the colony without resigning his seat, as the district must be unrepresented during Parliament, if not all of the session, and it has several local bills on hand. He had promised explicitly to resign in time to allow another to be elected before the session. Wellington, This Day. A private telegram received from Auckland this morning, states that Mr Allen McDonald, M .H.R., has left his resignation with his solicitor, to be handed to the speaker after his disparture.
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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 51, 1 May 1884, Page 2
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184A Gentlemanly M.H.R. Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 51, 1 May 1884, Page 2
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