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Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1928, Page 3

lt is desirable, as Mr Poison states, that e-erv class shall he represented in Parliament, mid that in a country so largely dependent as New Zealand is on primary production for its material welfare the farmer should he largely represented in Parliament if his interests are not to he neglected. But thatis, as -Mr Poison justly observes, quite ,a different thing from government by one class in the interests of that class alone. The farming class is extensively represented in the present Parliament Moreover, it is extensively represented in the present Government. It is highly doubtful whether it would obtain as large a measure of representation if i were to set up its own political organisation as it enjoys under existing conditions.—" Otago Times.”