THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9021, 7 December 1907, Page 2

THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Press A ssoeiation —Copy right, London, December 0. Lord Laiisdmvue, speaking at Sheffield, ridiculed the idea- that the ILoiise of herds was an intolerable, aud pernicious anachronism, though aware that it was not perfectly organised for the purposes of legislation. It might lit) improvement if j experienced peers, who now did j most of the revision work, were asj sis ted by other poors chosen in a J different-and less haphazard fashion I than at present Mr Horsburgh and an assistant are about to leave for New Guinea whore rhey will make a collection of fauna in connection with the Royal Zoological Society's Exhibition of the Australasian fauna- to be held iu Jnue next. Mr Sofch.Smith, member of the Council of the Zoological j Society, is also proceeding to Australia to secure collections of fauna. i lie will offer other collections in I return.