MAGNA CHARTA FLOUTED.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 November 1928, Page 5

MAGNA CHARTA FLOUTED.

WARNING TO ELECTORS. When a minority organisation extOTts pledges from members of Parliament to support that organisation and to, place biased legislation on the statute hooks against the will of the people—then the principles of British justice founded on .Magna G’harta ate in extreme jeopardy. It may come as a: surprise to many New Zealanders to know that such a menace exists to-day—that an organisation is at work to betray the wishes of the people. The secret is no longer a secret the Nerw Zealand Alliance stands guilty and apparently unnshn med.

At recent elections 'the people of New Zealand voted against the attempt to force prohibition upon a larsv-abiding British community. The 'ballot box has shewn conclusively that New Zealanders are opposed to tyrannical restriction of their personal liberty. Nat content with such a decided expression of opinion, the Nerw Zo.vmd Alliance has sought to thwart the electors bv extorting secret pledges from members of the House of Representatives. This is not government —not the British ideal of government at an v rate! 'Phis ,s “Super-Government,” which throttles parliament a- fanaticism which, if not curbed, will serious’.v dislocate the mechanism of politics.

You can express your disapproval of these 'tactics by voting Continuance jit the forthcoming flections. 7*