POLITICAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL ASSOCIATION]

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2033, 18 July 1885, Page 2

POLITICAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL ASSOCIATION]

The Dependence of the Government. Whi i isi.iov, Fiul.iy. Thk piAitic.il situation tin- Mission is ccvtamh im>st unprecedented in many way-, .md tlu-oklo-t iik'uilhh-, of tho House h ive iu'\ei icon .nothing oqn.il to th'> uttei disoi^.iiiisition o\Htui(j. First »u liad the viimmaM rejection )>y Mnu^toi •»' snppoiti'n of their t:u iff piojio-.iN, then the total col-l.iii-c of tho Local ]Vi(ho- IJill ; last night witne^cd the .unnlnl.itnm »f the Ch.nit.ible lu-titution- Uill. Tlio i ejection I>> tho H<iu-e of the last two moasmes is the moie significant and foiuble, when it is 10ineinbeicd that one (if the m.im plank- of the ])ipsout ALinistiy'h political platform was the promise to bi ing down si compri?-heiHivc-choine of local g.wevninont which would be acceptable to the House and the country.

The Hospitals and Charitable Aid Bill. The Hospital-, mid Chmt.iblo Aid Kill has been subjected to -•<> much attention at the hand, of the Col.-Tieasinei, m obedience to the will of the House, that Majoi Atkinson w.is peifeetly justified last night in siskins? th it the bill be repealed, as it would be impossible, otherwise to recognise it m its mtitit.ited foiin. A smait little hkirmi-h however followed Major Atkinson'* lequest. lioth Su J. Vogol and Mr Stout w.umly lesented the lopunting of the bill, and Sir J. Vow] .so lav lost hii> temper as to challenge tin nienibei for Kgtnont to ino\ c that the bill be read th.it day si\ months. M.ijoi AtkiiHonictortedtli.it he was quite le.idj to fight the hon. gMitlunuii atthepiopei tuno, but he Htill pji severed in the request for the leprintmg of the bill, and w\s cheered by the (lovounnent snppoiters in doing so. The Minsters c uitniued to .ugut the " point with the M ijor till -Mi Montgoineiy \eiy siginficuitly told tin Ticisinei he would be wise to consult tin wishes <>f th<we wlio desued to be hifi lends, and accede to the veiy re.isonabli lequostof the member for Kginont. Tin Piemier then had a fling at Mr lUuon fo ondor-ing M.ijor Atkinson's re«iucst, bul after Mr Montgoineiy 's plain iutimatioi that he would not nuppoit Muiiatew in tin position they had taken up, Sir Julius h aii ho would endea\oui to get the bill reprinted and the matter diopped. This littlt incident, though, showed, if indeed tha weie necessaiy, that Ministen are smipl; led by the Housu in any direction 1 chooses. Hoth sides admitted that the bil unmistakably lequnod lepiintmg, and t\v lio\ eminent would ha\e shown f.ir 11101 tact if tln-v .igieed to the piopos.il in ste.ul of being di.iwn to it by then owi p.»ty. . __ _.

I Sir J. Vogel's Petition. I understand Sir U. Urey intend-* moving Sir Julius Voxel's petition be considered by ,i special committee, t<> l>o chosen by b.illot, instead of bunt* icforred to cither tlio Public Accounts Committee or the Public Pet- turns Committee. The general opinion 1-. tint the Tio.isiuoi h.ia " mi c.h« " for a P.uii.unentniv jury.

The 'Frisco Mail Service. Iti-.ropoiteiUh.at MmUtcn will not be ablo to c.irry the piopo-vil for a renewal of tlic San Fi.inci-co mail henico.

Chance of the Loan. Iti- .ilso iieiMitontly rummiicd that the million loan piopo-cd to be asked for will be refused. —^^—-———^—m ,