REMOURED RESIGNATION OF Willington, May 3l.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 270, 6 June 1888, Page 4

REMOURED RESIGNATION OF Willington , May 31.

! \o -ma 1 amount of MMi^atioii Ma-- caused on \\ (Mint -(Li\ altei noon b\ t he icpoi U hat en - tulaud like wildlue that the Hon. K. I Mit< Ih'lm>!>, Mim-k'i ot Wmk-, had 10i^iii ! his pwi ttohw in consequence ol tliilcvimi vi( h I (on ( '. IV he* i , M iii -Lei oi I'Muca i ion. Thrab-ei)te or Mi Milc'licNon tioin the \liui-4eiial Pienehe- when the I lon-e met , 4inithri.nl/fhil. the papi-i - pet tailing to hi- di p.utmeiil weie pie-ented b\ the I Mimimu ot Land-, letitcnloui lo the i epoi (, and the (|iK -turn a- to m In. thri it \\,i- Hue w a-. aeeoidin;_;l) 4~-ked !>,\ Mi Neddon. The Piemiei lephed that theie \\a-. no tiuth \\hate\er in the and t tie k.imui tor hi-, colleague -i a)> em c was lint, he w as \e>. y bu->y with depai t menial moi k. (C'ht.ei'-.) The i'lenuei added (hat the nil i out- lepoii; about, dbii !b!tm in the Caoniet, and tlie .-.Latement^ th.iL the Mmi-tci' weic li^hlmu up to ilic \ei _> ke>t' liiopienl, all moonshine. Thi^ a-Miianee Mas lucnul w tth ;i|)plau^c Ai a nut.tu dt lact, tlir I'nnuei \oi\ .Mioitl^ iiMieed tlu> (niehlion. It. i^ not tine that Mitchel^oo le-i^ned, hut it i~> peileetly tine that i\lilrhekon conteni])lalud Mich a eoni^e, and it was a \ci;> time indeed iiriou (ho Piemiei ga\e tlie n-ply lotorrcd to Lli.il. he otieeeetled in ;m kiii<j,ii<k that mjijoik dilleieiuc between the Minister in (|iiestion. llieinattci went »-o iai UuitJMi i\iif( \u 1,-on ictut-ed to attend the Cabinet meetings dining tlie la^t two days?, and the ditheulty was eaiiM'n^ veiy «rmo anxiety to other iMimstois and tho.se ot their partisans -\vlio weie jiwiucof the (rouble. The ddlcienee.-, did not leally oceui in tlie Cabinet, but were in consequence ol a quest km which Wisher induced C'-idman to place on the order papei relative \ to matter Unit had been under tlie ndniinstiution ot the pre\iou& iMinister ot Woiks. Milchelbon was annoyed at such a com so of action beini? pursued by a colleague, and did not attempt to conceal his icclin^, hence the trouble. The quariol had asMimed a \ cry eiitieal aspect when tho Piemicr succeeded in patching the n flair U[). It is- no secret that lelations between iMitehol.son and I'Vhcr have been ot anything but n eoidial nature ior .sonic timo ]>a.st, and serious dillcionccs occuried between them lelative lo acceptance ot the tender tor the reconstruction ot thoGencial Post Otliec and the running of Maguire's ballast wagons over the Government 10olaimcd land ab \Vellinj«ton. indeed, the lat-tcr qnai'rcl proeccclocl so far tlial iMitehclson, who has. never (shown any inclination to clintf to oflice, which is svi]>poscd to be such a prominent chaiacterisfic ot politicians, actually resigned his seat in the Cabinet. On that occasion, as in the prprienL, tho Proinioi %\a.s the peacemaker.