PAY OF PARLIAMENTARIANS
Sir, —The reported statement by Mr Holland that New Zealand Parliamentarians were- the poorest paid in the British Empire is utter nonsense. The position is the reverse, with added privileges, including travelling free, including ferry service. Many have their private businesses and farming pursuits. Sitting days occupy about five months in the year, whereas, in England, they "average about 11 months. If representation here were proportionately the same as in 'England, there would be 2200 members, whereas in England there are 674. Mr Holland’s recent action has disfranchised thousands of electors in his own constituency, This act offers certain security against hostile aggression, but does not guarantee to any of its members certain security against help in the prosecution of its essential interests. It is based on the status quo and has been left far behind by the march of political events.—Yours, etc., CHRISTCHURCH NORTH ELECTOR. July 17. 1942,
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23695, 21 July 1942, Page 6
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