POLITICAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2061, 22 September 1885, Page 2

POLITICAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.— SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Major Atkinson on the GovernmentWh UN'dioN', Monday. M \ioit Atkinsov does no often indulge in metaphor, but the story he told to night .it the expetue of the (Jo\ eminent was so well lecened by the House tint I i ope it it for the benefit of my te.ideis He --aid theie had gone the iounds of the lobbies a story which perhaps had not reached Ministeis 1 ear--. It was tin--. There was ,i ceitam tra vellei who was in thr unfortunate position of being shoit ot lesouices, and who w.is tiiwolhng in .1 tram on the load to Chicago when the jju.it (i c.inie up to him md asked for his ticket The nan felt his pocket and could not find one. The guard, knowing him to be a ti.unp, took linn bv the shoulder and kicked him off the ti.ain, but the ti.ivcller was detei mined to get to Chicago, and instead of dis.ippe.uing he got into another cm i ige. Vt the next station the operation was repeated. The guard espied him, beued him, administered two or tluoe kicks, and out he went, but lie \\a-> quite detti mined to get to Chicago, and popped into .uiothei e.uriage, though he got ,i little stiff and little unconifoit.ible fiom hi.s lepoated kicking At last, the gu.ud asked him where he expected to get to, .ui«l he replied " well, if 1 (. in hold out from the kicking I .1111 getting, toChicigo ' Mmisteis had lield out f 10111 then kicking, .md he congi.itulated them on teaching Chicago, which they would do on thi following d.ij.