THE REFERENDUM
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United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.
ADVOCATED BY LORD SELBOBNE.
"THE ONLY CURE."
(Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock.)
LONDON, March 23,
burgh, explained the working of the referendum. He referred to the satisfactory results obtained by it in Australia. It was, he said, idle to say that it was inapplicable to the difficulty arising in Great Britain. The whole object of the referendum was to make sure that the majority, and not the minority, was in temporary possession. He approved of changes. The Liberals dreaded the referendum. It was the only cure for log-rolling and the glaring inequalities of representation. There was room for a reasonable compromise over a proposal when the referendum was applied.^ •Lord Selborhe concluded by urging a national settlement of the constitutional struggle.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10195, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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130THE REFERENDUM Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10195, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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