PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.
INFRINGED BY PARLIAMENT. BUSINESS MAN'S CRITICISM. Declaring that the rights of Parliament were being transgressed by orders in council, the method of dealing with petitions an 3by unauthorised expenditure of public money, Mr. J. B. Donald, United candidate for Auckland East, made a vigorous appeal last evening for the return of business candidates to Parliament. The expenditure of the Government had increased from £26,000,000 in 1924 to £31,630,000 in 1928, and the candidate said business men were needed to look after the expenditure and keep it down to lower levels. Mr. Donald condemned the Mental Defectives Bill as an infringement of the rights of the people. He said the United party would alter the immigration system to avoid bringing in new settlers during the winter months, when the demand for labour in the cities and on the farms was insufficient to absorb the increase.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 258, 31 October 1928, Page 11
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