PASSING OF THE COMMONS.
BOUSE SHORN OF ITS POWERS. SANCTITY QUESTIONED. i Keceived 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, February 2. Mr Austen Chamberlain, in a speech at Eirminsbam. commented on the Aptpricration "f the House of Common*. He said that the closure had made it impossiblp for member* to exorcise real pressure. TV Ministers' benches; were empty, and thp dpbatrs wptp unreal. Tli* lpssened respect for Parliament threatened to degrade other representative institutions, and led to a growing inclination to question the sanctity of the law.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 29, 3 February 1913, Page 5
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84PASSING OF THE COMMONS. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 29, 3 February 1913, Page 5
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