THE UPPER HOUSE
ABOLITION FAVOURED
The Independent. candidate for Wellington Suburbs, Mr. X.< M'.Lennan, can see no valid reason for the retention of the TJjfoer House, and in reply to a question at Brooklyn last, night, said that he favoured its abolition.
In support of his contention, he said that the eighty, members of the House of Eepresentatives were elected by the people after due consideration, and every Bill that came before the Lower House had to be read three times, and also put through the Committee stage before it was passed. That should ensure its careful consideration. "Thus there does not seem to be any need for the Upper House," he said. "Wo have eighty men in the Lower House, but I believe we could do with 40, provided I was one of them. I am opposed to the Upper House on principle, but, mind you, I would take a seat there if it was thrown at me." •
A voice: "The Upper House is a collection of dead-beats and rejects."
Mr. M'Lennan: "Mr. Masters is a reject." - ' ' ■ • ' •: '•'
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 123, 20 November 1931, Page 10
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178THE UPPER HOUSE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 123, 20 November 1931, Page 10
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