THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
AN IDEA RIDICULED. LONDON, December 6. The Marquis of Lansdowne, who was Foreign Secretary in the Balfour Administration, speaking at Sheffield, ridiculed the idea that the House of Lords was an intolerable, pernicious anachronism, though he was aware it was not perfectly organised for purposes of legislation. It might, he said, be an improvement if experienced Peers who now did most of the revision work, were assisted by other Peers chosen in a different and less haphazard fashion than at present.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8999, 9 December 1907, Page 5
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85THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8999, 9 December 1907, Page 5
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