THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
The Eltham Argue, which, by the way, is controlled by a Legislative Councillor, has been endeavouring to show that it would be a mistake to make the Upper Cha%nber elective. It quotes the ca«e of a Ministerial measure dealing with coal mines, that was introduced in the dying hours of the s ession of 1911. As it involved a Labour question, and as the elections were close at hand, the House was discreetly silont. The Legislative CWncil, however, in spue of i'ae unpopularity,of the procedure, rejected the Bill. This is a very nice argument in favour of the retention of a. nominative Chamber. But what of those measures that are urgently required by the country, and may be deliberately blocked by the Legislative Council? An elective Upper House would, at least, ensure honest legislation in the popular Chamber. It cannot be said that it is in the interests of the Dominion that the people's representatives should waste their time, and the time of the country, in bringing down electioneering measures which can be jettisoned by' merely "tipping, the wink," as it were, to the. Legislative Council.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 7 June 1913, Page 4
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189THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 7 June 1913, Page 4
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