LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS. ' ' , ■• " ■] :. V (BI IBLECBAi'H.'—BrfaZL Cbr.EESrONMSTO w~- - . . •• •• ShiißotiurcV Jtmo-13.; • '. 1 • Tho.'f.Times,!!.referring,to tho cir--n culaied m Wcllingtountljat the XIon..X. H.. ■Mills has a "staudingrpfemisc frdnftho rnmo Minister, lio will te'called tajtha ijegislativo.Council''WheneOT'he clioofts.to retire « from'tho Hfouso of suggests that; it probably, resign no .Better, founaa- ' . tiori; than' 1 street gospb,- bnt;,j|e .wera J®?!* that tho rumour is in.ibirculation .shows now -important it is that Si; JosMjk'.WAid shoula disabuse . tho; public_,'i?ind the.ridpa that' ".seats in"'tho .Council 'a;® bartered away, yeais • in advaiicQ'for.partypersonal services. _lt ' is quite-possible that Mr.| Mills-might lcndei -7 I userul. Service, to the-comiCiy tho other : 1 branch. M - tho; -there is iio . reasorl'-n'liy .lio' shonlt a safe. :V haveri iiilth.e; ;eventj!if from ■ . _ - ' tho : 'repr(jsentativc Ch:imbcr. 'Tbero is not the r>lightost.ilti'cci for siivVi:sdditiCinaJ " ; : 'mtfiitsibf any:kind to the'i-fifilincil at the. pre-, . , ; sentvtimoyVTho :iiuit.bEr .-of -members ,w .still. • ■ ijio're tlianhalf tho-n-ifflWr of-members pf tlio ' ■ , House,-and'bbis .is gsrt&ally qccepted as tlio conv cniont : -TJiilTlr -thG old} system ■ the: Liberals'' who wer: ; -ftppointecl t-o the Coun- . i/cil^were.-speedilyJai|eeW--byJ l t' l ,S atmospnero.: .'of .-the .Chanib'er, !antl_sooh'showed a disposi- •! - ■ 1 -lapspwinto. jCpnseryitism, but under \ ! . .' ' the,,'now ;sySt'Ai- iiibbbCTs'-are:kept .m. closer ■: • / touch- with popu)ai-''opmioii;,i and aro. not so, ' • ' 'tib^^ traditions.' :■ • Thirty-six of ferty-threo members: of tlie'-'Coimcil-jffi^ered"--'\tli6 ;Chamber A as '» , : . . Libei;als,'£.aiidi'ViDwieW,oF;Jj\'e ! very, cordial sup-; p&t .|Key.-^ve^thC^DSgr^s^®' l^islatipn"; '.; i -: of .last sessioiij i» wbu]djbp absurd to contend : v ' that'. tha p;\rty ; .furt-her represen-' . tationvJi-Whew-addition^l: apppihtmcnj;s.: l aro.. '[ ■' may bo: very pro-; ' • : .-perly?-'6bnsid©^^ji,>JjtittVin tho. meantime.it-• - I. . would be a df.T)l9rßbW'misuso of Ministerial \ . noniinated.'legis-.' , . laitors'-upoh com'njgnity. .' . -'. '." .:
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 224, 15 June 1908, Page 11
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248LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 224, 15 June 1908, Page 11
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