ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES.
The possibilities of Parliament, if the South Island is always to have thirty-eight members and the North proportionately, are really terrifying, as the practical insight of the Premier ought to show him, remarks the Auckland "Herald." With everybody moving North, we might see nearly two-score of modern Old Sarums occupying the. political map of the South Island, and be unable to find representatives enough in the North to make up our proportionate quota. The South has really done its best. It has taken most of the railways, spent most of the Land for Settlement money, had a lien on the Cab'net, kept the Maori lands locked, and generally done its utmost to remain the senior partner. To become the basis of Parliament representation is, after all, a sterile honour to the public, however fruitful to a few politicians, and would needlessly remind the future stranger that there was a time when the South ruled the political roost.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9119, 19 June 1908, Page 4
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159ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9119, 19 June 1908, Page 4
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