LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
"To iiave' both Houses elccu'd <>u the .same franolii.se woukl bo a ■.][<- astrous eubto't'uge, unworthy oi" : lie Government that proposed it "litis is an crpintvxn expressed by tho Hen. 0. Samuel, of Kern' Plymouth. iiad lie gaid that if the franchise, clt-oi <>rotcis, and team of office we 'the same, a disastrous' subterfuge would be created, his opinion would have been endorsed by a very large section of the community. But it iis mn. proposed that either the electorate* or the term of office shall be tho kudo. for both Bouses. It d a intende,] thai: the Legislative Cotmcillore shall be elected over a .much wider area 'it an the members of the Lower House, and that their term of office shall' be lomger. They will tints be romov.-d from the pale Of parish politics, and will be made an effective check ti]»n hasty legislation. Anything is bettor than the present patronising system.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 March 1913, Page 4
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155LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 March 1913, Page 4
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