"DON'T BOTHER US!"

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 53, 4 March 1926, Page 7

"DON'T BOTHER US!"

"WORRY THE GOVERNOR!" I " SETTLE IT TOURSELVES I"' j " i HINT FOR MR. LANG. I l.Cj , CaMe. —I'ress Association. —Copyright.-. ncccircnl II a.m.i LONDON. March .".. ' '"Set tlo it yourselves!' , is the substance of the Colonial Office's advice to j all the Australian States regarding domestic constitutional questions similar to that of the New South Wales Leg's- j lative Council. Concerning the latter, it is held that there need be no crisis at all, because Mr. Amery. Secretary for the Dominions and ( oionies clearly and definitely stated in his dispatch in December that suell questions must be settled between the Govprnor and Minister?. Appeals to the Imperial authorities are, therefore, unnecessary, and Mr. McTiernan's projected visit to London to place Mr. Lang's views before the Colonial Office will, therefore, obviously be futile, because Mr. Amery is unable to do more than his sufficiently elaborate disnatch has already set out— i\ and X.Z. Cable.) ANOTHER REVERSE. AND A CLIMB DOWN. SYDNEY. March 3. The State Government Mas yet ajrain defeated in the Legislative Council today. That Chamber refused a clause in the Electoral Amendment Act Bill to abolish proportional representation and substitute the single seats and first-past-the-po?t principle. The Upper House was prepared for the sinele seats reform but wanted preferential voting as a safejruard. A proposal on these lines was carried hy 37 votes to 3G. The main purpose ur Mr. Lane's bill was therefore defeated. The Government lias decided not to proceel further with the measure.— (A. and X.Z.)