THE M.H.E. FOB EAST COAST. At a meeting of ratepayers at Katikati, on the proposition of George Vesey Stewart, seconded by Mr Surtees, a resolu tion was unanimously passed calling on Mr Allan Macdonald, M.H.R. for East Coast, to resign the seat. In moving the resolution Mr Stewart said : You will ex ouse me for entering on the arena of politics, but both in the old country and the new people take some interest in poli tics. The members of the present Govern ment have shown themselves to be worthy, honest men. (Applause.) At one time, I admit, I had a very high opinion of Sir G. Grey in his political character. Ire garded him as a gentleman with a very large stake in the country, and whose whole interests were bound up in its pros perity, and therefore I thought he de served support, but during the two yeai B in which his Government was in power there was the grossest mal-administration (hear, hear) — in fact, had the late Govern ment remained in power much longer, the colony would have been brought to the very verge of bankruptcy. As you are all aware, the present member for the East Coast was elected on what is called the Grey ticket ; but, as Sir George Grey is now politically dead and buried, I think it would not be unfair to call upon our member to support that side of the House most likely to prove honest administrators. (Applause). I therefore beg to move— " That our member, Mr Allan McDonald having pledged himself to retire from Par liament in the event of the present Go vernment coming into power, we hereby call upon him to resign his seat, or else pledge himself to support the present Ministry during the coming session." (Applause). I heard Mr McDonald at a meeting in Tauranga addressing the elec tors, and informing them that if the Opposition — that is. the present Govern ment — came into power, he would not care a snap of his fingers for a seat in Parlia ment, and would resign at once. I think we ought to take him at his word. (Hear, hear). 