THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2376, 1 October 1887, Page 2

THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

|J!K W rliijJL’tulJ Oilii'JtOli-Kjil of the 1I j.il-. ‘tv- : —Ail thv MiubtiTs vveept Mr U. Gt ai- nuw in Wvllhigtou. lijvy u-iw •.♦ ,i-«* 1 t-, rvrign at oncc. \ iinous upiuiu:i-. aiv cir'*nl'it< -1 a* to the lusmatiuuuj tiu* in iv Miui-tiy. Manv p- r-uii-s uvprvss their imiignritiMi at the ■ ■ lion of >ir .1. Vugtd still admitted *<i f-!ii a::- 1 til lh** hard labour tiic colony lo k< ep him out. The folt »-a inj or.- Irwly .'pok* n of as possible or j• i*i b.i b]e Mim>teis : .'loj 'J A!kbwm -Tn n-uri r. Sir -b.ini 11 Mi or Sir dtilius Vu^cl — lust-oTh Tt-Irgnijihs, and * * f plain Ru>. t dl—Land, Native •ill i ib l’-nce. Mr(«. K Richardson. Mr Fergus Mr Feicojk, Mr Wj.yte, or Mr Mitchelson I'ublio Works. Mr Kiriur, f r Mr "v'jhie Mackenzie Colonial St a* t:e v. la the Upper House—The Han. Mr Oliver, or tie- Hen. Hr. I’oll-n. la tie iuuyof retrenchment, an amalgamation of portfolio is talked of ; that is ;o >ay. tin; Department of .!u-*thr** would ui !«» tli- f '<>!oi:i il S- i,T*_t:iry s Uliicc, and Ivtriic-* and Mines un*!ht be given each *.o u ■* )-:t;ms«ion f to b • nominated by the 4 bjverrmr or mix—i authority, entrusted •\ith th«* power of selecting the meinbers. Ihe hostility to Sir d. in ->t:iL'o is tot die i by the speech of Mr-I. Mien, who said, “He was glad he had o, ateu tile Premier for two rea-ons —(1) because he believed that defeat would be 'he means id breaking up the Stout- \ oiiel combination, and (*J) because he rusteti it would be the hhmis «.f p~»*ventinj any Vog-d combitia*- j-; future/* THE LATEST. Major Atkinson Sent For. [bv rEi.KoK.mi.—m>s .\.s>oci.\tio.v.l WtLLi.w.To.v, FridayIt is olHcially announced that .Sir KStout has tendered hia resignation to His KxeidJeuey, and that Major Atkinson ins been sent for. Major Atkinsonj;v TM.Ki.!:\i'U. iatio\ # \Vuu\<;t- \. Friday. Maj->r .Atkinson arrived here unexpectedly tins atiernoois and had au inter- • i*?w with the Governor at once. He : ms'oit.'d to undeit ike i!jc formation of i new Ministry, but a~ked fur turn*.