COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.
MR. HOLLAND'S CRITICISM. [By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUXEDIX, Monday. Speaiing here this evening Mr. H. E. Holland, M.P., chairman of the Parliamentary Labour party, strongly eon demned the recent appointments to the Legislative Council. He said there was a law on the Statute Book for which the present Government was responsible, providing for the election of Legislative Councillors by the people on the proportional representation basis. The recent appointments, he contended, were a violation of that law, but in any case the Labour movement stood for the abolition of the Council and not for strengthening it by the Government appointing new members who could be relied upon to prolong the Council's life. At the present time they had the anomaly of a nominated Legislative Council without a single Labour party representative, and that notwithstanding that behind the Labour party were the votes of 128,000 electors. Referring to Mr. C. E. Statham's new party, he declared it only existed on paper, and would not be taken seriously.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 212, 6 September 1921, Page 9
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