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. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. ! Of the sixty members of the new Legislative Council in New- South Wales only eight were new, the others being members of the old Council, which numbered 118, stated Mr. T. G. Murray, who arrived today from Australia. He said he was the first member to be declared elected. The system of election was unique and had resulted in fair representation of all parties. The Government had twentyfour seats, the Country Party eleven, Lang Labour sixteen, and Federal Labour seven, and the Independents two. No salary was attached to the position. _^
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 12
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102REDUCED COUNCIL Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 12
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