THE PITY OF IT.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—You placed your finger on a real mischief in your Monday's issue, when you called attention to the indifference with which our legislators treated alike the public parse or the sanctity of the Sabbath. For an in stance of flagrant disregard, eithtr of tin claims of the Holy Day on themselves, or the light of Government employees to a w ekly rest clay, I con sidor this week's episode stands out with objecti liable d stinctncss. Wliai flan hj tho urgent necessity which causes such frantic haste to jsotnw;i\ from Wellington iit tho close »£ ;i session t Much might well be said :i> to the likelihood of wise and well considered statutes being pLced among oui laws, when wo have such undignified haste in passing them at the eleventh hour ; but the tjuestion of how far our law-makers should be allowed to ignore higher laws than their own is of mor. import, and I think an univeisal protest should fiud voice on this matter. Hoping to see this matter discussed 1 am, etc., No Bigot.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 204, 23 October 1900, Page 2
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