Thoughts For The Times

Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1920, Page 2

Thoughts For The Times

I Rf.forminc The Upper House If there is any political significance in the trend of events—if Mr Massey’s feet are really growing colder and colder as the time for relinquishing control of the Upper House, approaches, as some of his enemies are unkind enough to suggest—then the attitude of theReform majority in the House of Representatives will set the matter at rest. Candidly we think we can descry evidences that Mr Massey’s affection for democratic institutions, an affection that- has never yet b- frayed him into into drastic action, is -vaporating. It is difficult to reconcile his sturdy unbelief in the theory of proportional representation with a really effective attempt to translate that theory into legislation. He has put the Legislative Council Act on the Statute Book, hut will he very strenuously resist a movement for its repeal?—Lyttelton Times.

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