THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
The appointment elf Sir W. J. Steward, the Hon. T. Y. Duncan and Mr ■T. Parata to the Legislative Council on the very eve of the session may (be justified by precedent. It cannot be justified iby reason, common-sense, or a. light 'appreciation of the fitness of things. .The Ministry is . itself holding office* on sufferance. It has 'not yet had its own composition en-, cbrs-ed toy Ufae rep.re.se'nta.tives of Wie piacplo. Tiiie exercising of a prerogative which in others night be excusable, has mo 'warranty <Ln the case of 'th;< Mackenzie Ministry. Apart from this laspect of the. question, the ■North Island Jia.s ireason to feel itself -slighteld in the matter of these appointments. The -Wellington Province, in pa-iMcadar, has a grievance -which -wi'il .p,:i;(baib!;y 'he ventilated .;••>, the- cc-ur.se ef the next-few days.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10668, 25 June 1912, Page 4
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137THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10668, 25 June 1912, Page 4
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