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I It is submitted by "A Pioneer" that !the truth'of Canon James's statement that the country lacked leadership is illustrated by Parliament's inability to devise,remedial measures without the formation of various Commissions (at great expense) to show what should be done. "If a board, say, of ten or twelve is capable of putting the country on a higher and constructive plane, why have Parliament at all as an ornament? The size of Parliament is more than ludicrous. To elect eighty men to rule a mere handful of people is a shamefuL extravagance ,and should never be'tolerated. .. .-It is to be hoped! that the people of this young country will rise up and first of all strive to get the membership of Parliament reduced to at! least one-half. As Canon James remarks, "Our national prosperity depends upon our putting into public office (both in Parliament and local government) the best men. we can find—men with first-class brains'and first-class characters."
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 57, 8 March 1932, Page 6
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 57, 8 March 1932, Page 6
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