RETIRING ALLOWANCES FOR POLITICIANS.
The "Dominion" takes strong exception' to the- (proposal 'ctf tihe •irji'un©; Minister to provide for .retiring -allow-: anoes for politicians who lxav© . served s the country'far-i* given . number of years. The'reason for objection .is that' ■t'iie proposal, ®f adopted l , would lea d to .professionalisasft' in politics. With •'due defeirence-'to the views mtertaoned :by our contemporary, we take an entirely opposite' .view. If there is anything calculated to. create profeS''sibna'liem. cm politics, it is tile .pay-"' ment off a paltry per -year ,v io .'legislators, withthe.dismal outlook '.of»'"j>overty'. &''>!&. «geV'. If a man be a poor- man, and does liis duty 'by'tis Oon&tituents .insan-honest and fearless matm&Tj hj» will: Jiaye little:time, at. lib ,I I disposal to keep ;his private affairs .;in ; 'order, if lie >be a professional politicJ"jan v !be> will- consider 'himself first,. •the country afterwards.. We want | men, in our Legislature whose first and #n]y consideration is the welfare of their •country*. - ...
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10672, 29 June 1912, Page 4
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158RETIRING ALLOWANCES FOR POLITICIANS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10672, 29 June 1912, Page 4
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