POLITICAL NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2050, 27 August 1885, Page 2

POLITICAL NEWS.

[B\ rgLEi.UAPH.— sfrccilL COfIRESI'O.VUENT.I Major Atkinson and the Financial Bolicy. Wbm.i xerox, Wednesday. Til X lobbies to-day weiouuusiially busy and it was evident froni the general appeirance of mcnibeis that something was at list t" e\entuate, if only fiom thij an of most profound iiMstciyom eloping the pi oceedinj,"* (if tc-day's caucus It was not altogether a >.tji'[)ii-.p, thetefoie, that previous to tin' oideis of the d.vy being cillcd <m IVTajoi Atkinson r etc and said lie intended yriviiijjf notice of a series of resolutions which weie tint.nnount to a want of confi dence in the (4o\ eminent. Th<i usual adjournment took place after a «lioit debate, although si number of (i<>\ eminent sup. poiteM, such as Mes-ns Smith, J, 0. Brow n, and Mr Soddon wanted the motion to be debated at once. A few wind-, ftoui Mr .WacandreW, however, to the effect that no other cMUi.se could be pin sued by tho (Joverniuent th.in to .idi<>mn, li.ul the desiied LfFect, especially as tho Premier distinctly stated that the (Joveminent could not plowed with any business till the motion i\as di-pised of Tt !>« nup.)s.iblc to pi edict at picient what the result of the ieiolution-» will be. The voting will no doubt be nretty close, .md as thtn^i look just now, tho (4o\ eminent is ciedited with having tho best of it. Some incline to the opinion tli.it the Auckland memb'i> euinot pivo their support to Lh' 1 OppdMtion on the vote, in cons.-quonce of tho lefeienco in the resolutions to the li'-tehsitv of the ."«0,000 acres of lnnd bring ac<tuued foi th'> Xoith I-l.ind Tiunk Line befniu t!iH lailuav \> inMoceded witii, while oilnis again wmteud that thn i-> a very liVC'Mnu'o ]iiovis > t.i mike, ,i!id will probaby t,Min iiioie \otos than (ithorwhe. At any libe tlie issue of tho \ote is at ))iesent very doubtful, p irtly in cinsotinonce of the I itenes-i of the session, and paitly because nnnv memheis who would rather see .dtnost any on the beiulio^ than tin? pi (sent, would ln>itate befoie putting the Continuous .Mmistiv, of whom M ijoi Atkinson is a pioininent member into powei ajjain

Ministerial Residences. The following ictiirn of the amount s]Kiit in Ahnisteii i! 1 evidences of w Inch unit h h,is bv">n hi .u d 1 itch, show s the e\pendituie from Ist June, 18"'); to ~'Md Jannaiy, ISS"). Th» following .ue the totals --Tin ikon Uoid Ji ist, 14s •">d ; Tmakoii Hoid W-st (Sn ,lull.is Voxel's), 4*2778 7s "»d ; J3oi lie street, fflll IS, !)d; Moles-aoith-itieut, jJII.T) ks ."id; liobson-stieet, t'l2o Is Od. Dnnng la-t yen tlu heivi'st suiri spent 0:1 fui'iituie and fittings were in the Tin ikon IJoul K.i-t i'nd West, and tin* Molt s-voitii-stieet l-Psidencs, being 11-pi' tMeh £H7l«slld, f.'Hili 7s lid, and e.H't Ss ])d. Jn ISS4 the fumitme and httm c j"s in Tnnakoii Koul West amounted to i:,>J4Sd, and \[o!es\uut!i-stieet to £247 l'"is (id. The Hobson stieet lesidence was 1 los»d in l^^l. Thegi.ind totil i~ f)Sll Os M.