DEPUTATIONS.
The announcement that a city deputation will wait upon the Frime Minis on Monday * next to 1 urge .him ; to pass the Daylight Saving Bill causes us to wonder whether the deputation business in this country is .not being frightfully overdone. A ■deputation at the best represents the views of only a limited number of people. In no case can it be regarded aa an approximation of public opinion on any given question. Hence it is the duty of Ministers to be cautious in the replies they give to persistent nobodies who beard them in their dens. The time has very nearly arrived when a censorship ©hould be exercised over these deputations. N« assemblage of individuals should be permitted to waylay responsible Ministers unless it can be shown that they are fully accredited, and represent at least a reasonable section of the community. Members *of Parliament are elected and paid to represent the views of their constituents in 'the proper quarter, and if they •fail to do this, they should be sent about their business. i
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 August 1913, Page 4
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177DEPUTATIONS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 August 1913, Page 4
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