WHAT DO CANDIDATES THINK?

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 250, 22 October 1928, Page 6

WHAT DO CANDIDATES THINK?

(To the Editor.)

Tho proposal made bv Mr T IT sa experienced politician 'universally that members of the House of deserve more than £450 a proper discussion, and the pnMmt 5?° lU 11 suitable time for discussing it. Tn •> *.*"7 Mr. Sidey has stated an°i£ but any mcrease of salaries jmmed by a decrease in the number of W??' The Dominion does not need a. pTTi«ght£ White i, members now returned are good Cabers," they do not, in general •? em * of consummate ability whS* national importance is being debate! mL!* were sixty members instead of eishtv JnS the twenty be missed? The rtdS number of representatives would larger constituencies, but that little difficulty. A more tion would be the probable reduction. Undoubtedly it would lerf keener compet.tion for party if the present voting system were more power would lie in the nartv Whether this could be avoids of a different voting sy,t em ,7«h ential l do not pretend to know, brtiuS" liamentanans want their salaries raise? tW ' should make some contribution to th* jJZ: sion. Each candidate, and particnlarlyX sitting member, should put a concrete wowSdr in some detail before the electors t r e ™ at J? ls meetin ? s t<> express their onto. tWI.. mere affirmation by a candidate that he wants a bigger salary does not "art much ice." So do we all. ® never a CANDIDATE.