LEADERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
The fact that 'the Hon. 0. Samuel has been, appointed Leader if or the. Government in tke Legislative Council without portfolio, has been adversely commented upon by certain members of tlic Upper Chamber. In- viev,' of the uncertain position of the Government, 'however, the view generally c-nierta-in-\?d will be that the ifrime 'Minister lias adopted >i- very wise a.id prudent eoiirse.. That the Council is entitled ■to a representative of the Ministry is admitted by precedent; but to make •an appointment at the present .juncture would sbc : to lay the. head of the Government open, to severe criticism. •Neither the Council nor the country Wall' isuff&r very materially by the holding over of the appointment .foy- a fow week*. .'
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10673, 1 July 1912, Page 4
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124LEADERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10673, 1 July 1912, Page 4
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