AN ABANDONED PLANK.
Kef erring to the recent appointments ,: to the Legislative Council, Mr, T.-JK... Sidey (Dunedj;i South) stated that thea»- ■> were the latest indications of the definite ! abandonment of the greatest plank'ia', the Eeform platform. Ho quoted from ■ the Keform manifesto and extra>ict» ■". from Mr. Massey's speeches on th» hui*. ,; tings in which, he declared that "an elective Legislative Council was a reform •■ worth fighting for, and that every member, of Parliament should be . pledged t0,..;----support it." It was difficult to believ* that those words were spoken by the same person who was now Prime Minister. How differently did the Prim»,v Minister view tho Legislative Council when it was under his own domination. And let it be noted also that the mV" ' thod by which it was to be elected was the system of proportional representation, which was now anathema to th« Prime Minister, who at one time sup- ;^; ported it for the House of KeureaenU tive» a* well. - •
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 22 June 1923, Page 7
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160AN ABANDONED PLANK. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 22 June 1923, Page 7
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