THE WAY THE MONEY GOES.
Onb of the last Acts of the House was to pass a vote to pay the travelling expenses of the members’ wives. Why the country should be burdened with this additional charge is more than we can understand. Members receive two hnndred guineas for their services to the Colony, and that is not bad pay for three months’ work. We do not say that the sum should be less, because the representatives are put to various expenses which no doubt almost, if not quite, equal the sum received as honorarium. But surely out of their “ screw” they could provide for the passage of their wives, if they must have them while in Wellington. Seeing the depression that exists all over the Colony, it appears rather mean on the part of members to draw money from the Colonial Exchequer for purposes of their own enjoyment. And that is
what they have.done, unless we are to understand that members are guided in their legislative duties by their consorts. In that case some of them had belter resign in favour of their better halves, and allow them to fill the position. They would not do it so discreditably as some of the “ reps” themselves.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1088, 19 September 1883, Page 2
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206THE WAY THE MONEY GOES. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1088, 19 September 1883, Page 2
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