With the House of Representatives under the denomination of the caucus, the Legislative Council within the grasp of the Executive, the Executive the mere Cabinet furniture of the Premier, ana the Governor not exempt from Ministerial patronage, where are the checks and balances against autocracy which are supposed to be the safety and glory of our constitution '?—Hawera Star. It is part of the price we pay for the great advantage of State ownership of our railways that there is virtually little of the keen watchfulness which shareholders would keep on directors. —Hawera Star. Liabilities are being piled up and down the colony, and so much is this in evidence that various Chambers of Commerce and local bodies have had to urge the Government to pay their debts in order to relieve the pressure in various directions,— Clamant Times,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 352, 28 February 1902, Page 1
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