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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 254, 11 April 1888, Page 5

Is an ;uU<lt (Ii»ou--im'4 tin intended reHgnation oi iht \-j,ini i -cnti t!, th t . t' Pol ' -d\ - - • The etiihtT ii Lin in< n ( tr the Au,( nt (h nual wa- (.ciUmh nor d< sued b\ Mini>tu -, .mil ui.i\ -u:in wli.tl tin haria^s them in R^tul to the ilmiu <>i ,1 succe^oi. Theie i^. we think, lit l l* doubt that the I'uniiu would liL Io occup} tin po-itio'i hnn-i'lt, but n in.n be honicw hat .iwkv.anl u> Jii?\nu" nuttnuiLliaLuaj -ou.uh .i-Oi t< 'ln.) It Ji<'\ dean' was not to or cm iiiitil -Jam), u\ ur if Sn I>illon lrJnll s mention to it-tin u,i douot fill, the -iu^-kmi nu ( _(iit iia\u ullii ;ut 'i\ii without .111^ p[i due-. !ia\ lii^; to In "imi oi if diiangc lLcnt" made w ltii i t^aid in ''llm^ the \aLanl office Now , ho»\ < \ es, Sn i>ilfun Ijcll ha^ annouin ed In- intention to it'lnc in Octobcu the llou-i will 1 1 i t.iml} \\<int to know at an t\ul\ pL-iKni ai the -'j>M(m what airan^eincnt- I iv; < -oxvi nnioiit intend fo make m it'jj.ud to the npjM^ntmum, ot lu^ aucce^oi. Jt l- not piohable that li Mi H A. Atkin-on dc-ue--oUice,ain -tiong oppobi tion will be olllied to hi 1 - obtaining it. He would piobably make n> good a London representative as any one wJio^e seiMce-- the colony would bo likely to obtain, although he can nevei hope to fill the same influential position at Home as .Sir Dillon Uell hold-. The appointment will be leadily given to Sir liuny if lie wants, it, but he will not be allowed, a-> we belies e he desnes, to nominate his buece^sor to the Premieu^hip. We liave stronj 1 reason to believe that it the &es-ion could have benn got ovei witliout the question being wut-ed, Sir 11. A. Atkinson would in due time have handed o\et fche JVemiei-hip to Sir John Hall and have hirnaeif gone Home as Agent-Geneial. Such an .u lautiemcat ma\ not ha\e been dibtiuctl> formul.it ed oi openly e\piessed, bub that it was what was »onou->ly contempUttd we aic convinced. Now, if Sir H. A. Atkinson decide^ to go Home, the Houhj will rle lei mine the political succession toi itself, and we aie })rctty confident the choice will not fall on Sn .John Hall."