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OPPOSED BY SIR E. GREY. (Received Last Night, 10.5 o'clock.) LONDON, October 24. Sir Edward Grey, speaking at Glas- £•;><*•, advi«:o-W that proportional representation iu large electorates-was not a security against corruption. While ho was in Canada, every person whoso opinion he valued, agreed that tho franchise was mado too cheap. In Canada and the United .States a wide franchise and a majority representation meant the rule of the plutocracy.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10714, 25 October 1912, Page 5
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83PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10714, 25 October 1912, Page 5
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