COMPULSORY VOTING.
AUSTRALIAN LAW' DISCUSSED.
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, March 17. In the House of Lords, Lord Burnham drew attention to the system of compulsory voting at Parliamentary elections in Australia. He suggested that a joint committee inquire into the question. He said the. results of the system in Australia, were almost remarkable and convincing. Lord Haldane and other members opposed the motion. Lord Banbury remarked that Australia was governed by trade unions who were most- tyrannical. Lord Desborough, replying, 'said the fact that, so far, there had been only two prosecutions out of many cases of non-voting in Australia indicated that the law was not being very effectively enforced. Moreover, with, a law so new, it would be premature to inquire in that connection from Australia.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 March 1926, Page 5
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127COMPULSORY VOTING. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 March 1926, Page 5
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