THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
In saying farewell to the Legislative Council on Saturday last, , Sir John Findlay said it was impossible to overlook the spirit of the time, and that a democracy would insist upon having some direct oontact between the Upper House and the people. Precisely. This is just what the Opposition has been striving for this last ten or fifteen years. It is just what the Ward Administration has strenuously resisted. Sir John Findlay lias furnished one of the strongest reasons -why the Government of which he is a member should "be relegated to oibscurity, and some party given, the rein® of office which is more in sympathy with the desires of the democracy. <
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10463, 30 October 1911, Page 4
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115THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10463, 30 October 1911, Page 4
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