COMPULSORY VOTING.
INTEREST IN ENGLAND. LONDON, March IS. The system of compulsory voting at Parliamentary elections in Australia was referred to in the House of Lords by Viscount Burnham. He suggested that a joint committee of both Houses should be established to inquire into the question. Lord Burnham said the results of the system in Australia had been most remarkable and convincing. Lord Haldane and other peers opposed the motion. Lord Banbury remarked that Australia was governed by trades unions, which were iiiost tyfanhfcbl. Lord Desborough remarked that the fact that so far there had been'only two prosecutions out of many cases of nonvoting iti Australia indicated that the law was not being very t effectively enforced* Moreover, the law Was so new that it would be premature to inquire in that connection from Australia.— (Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 65, 19 March 1926, Page 7
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136COMPULSORY VOTING. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 65, 19 March 1926, Page 7
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