POLITICS FOR PAY.
LORD DUDLEY'S WARNING. Uy Telesrapn—Press Association— CopyriEttt (Rec. October 2:!, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 21. Lord Dudley, ex-Governor-Gcncral of Australia, in a speech at Worcester, 6aid it would bo dangerous for tho country if tho House of Commons wero possessed by professional politicians. Thero was soino likelihood of this unless the electors wero careful. People in tho colonies were more engaged in money-making than in England, and henco tho Australians had 3 made a greater number of professional s politicians, which was hardly good for 3 the Commonwealth. While England d might follow the example of her energetic i colonies, in many things, he hoped she 0 would never follow them in this respect, t Very democratic States had a body of politicians existing solely on their Par--9 liamentary stipends. Tho "Westminster Gazetto" says that - ff Lord Dudley had given utterance to s such opinions in Australia, his Governors ship would havo been a brief one. 1 »■' ■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1266, 23 October 1911, Page 5
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160POLITICS FOR PAY. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1266, 23 October 1911, Page 5
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