Public opinion is not so deliberate and conservative, to be sure, as a hen or an ear of wheat, but it moves slowly and fluctantly in most things, and what is more, it is very liable to change through .experience". The ordinary methods o? political discussion and development ensure that ultimately, and generally at the riglit time, the political and social changes desired by he nation shall he made, and any general adoption of the referendum as a regular political instrument would produce results which, although they would he incalculable, would certainly Jm» had,--Christchurch “Press.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1928, Page 4
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