THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
The Government will have the support of the country in its endeavour to reform the Legislature and to remove that expensive adornment known a$ the Legislative Council. That Chamber has long since ceased to perform the functions for which it was intended, and has become quite the laughing-stock of the constituencies. The extraordinary position that has arisen in Australia, however, should cause Parliament and the people to consider seriously wFiether, by adopting the elective system, they may not be jumping from the'fryingpan into the fire. Smaller constituencies than those originally proposed, and the adoption of the proportional system of voting, might result in the avoidance of deadlocks. But why not reduce expense and make the position more 'secure by wiping the Legislative Council out entirely, and establishing as a substitute for it a' ! Committee of legal experts, whose duty it would bo to revise legislative enactments before they were finally adopted by tlio House 3
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 June 1913, Page 4
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158THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 June 1913, Page 4
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