THE REFERENDUM.
N.S-W. LEADS TIIK WAY. Svosf v. Nov. 2. The second reading of the K> fereutium Bill in the Legislative Assembly t toduced an interesting d« 1 The Premier explaim 1 that under the system there must be a minimum polied. The relations of the two Houses were, he said, unsatisfactory. The Council remained out of touch with the spirit of progress. Ihe experience of Victoria with an elective Upper Chamber was even more anomalous than the nominee House was, and now the choice lay between the Referendum and a single Chamber. One or the other must come about. Mr C'opelaud favored the idea, tun thought a joint committee of both Houses should consult on the matter. Mr McMillan said the Council would become a mere puppet under the Referendum. It practically abrogated the functions of the Upper House. The second reading was carried by 51 to i*.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 163, 4 November 1896, Page 3
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149THE REFERENDUM. Hastings Standard, Issue 163, 4 November 1896, Page 3
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