MAGNA CHARTA FLOUTED.

Shannon News, 13 November 1928, Page 2

MAGNA CHARTA FLOUTED.

WARNING TO ELECTORS.

Will en a minority organisation extorts pledges from members of Parliament to support that organisation and to place biased legislation on the statute books against the will of the peopled—then the principles of British justice founled on Magna Chart a are in extreme jeopardy. It may come as a surprise to many New Zealanders to know that suck a menace exists to-day—that an organisation is at work to betray the wishes of the people. The secret is no longer a secret —the New Zealand Alliance stands guilty and apparently unashamed.

At recent elections the people of New Zealand voted against the attempt to force prohibition upon a law-abiding British community- The ballot box has shown conclusively that New Zealanders are opposed to tyrannical restriction of their personal liberty.

Not content with such a decided expression of opinion, the New Zealand Alliance has sought to thwart the electors by extorting secret pledges from members of the House of Representatives. This is not government—not the British ideal of government /at any rate! This is "Super-Government," which throttles Parliament—a fanaticism which, if not curbed, will seriously dislocate the mechanism of politics.

You can express your disapproval of these tactics by voting Continuance at the forthcoming elections. —7.*