REFORMING THE LORDS.
ABOLITION OF HEREDITARY PRIXABSOLUTE VETO WILL'NOT BE RESTORED. (Bt "ELIOTWO HkKJEAPH-COPtBlOHI.) iPtfc Pain ABwjcuTiow.) LONDON. June 10. It is asserted in. Ministerial circles that resolutions for the reform of the House of Lords are ready, and are certain to bo discussed this session. The Second Chamber will not contain any vestige of the hereditary principle a*nd the absolute veto will not be restored. . The. Nation suggests that the Commons should elect the whole or part of the Second Chamber on proportional representation iu two batches so as to reflect the composition of jwo elected Parliaments instead of one.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9810, 11 June 1914, Page 3
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101REFORMING THE LORDS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9810, 11 June 1914, Page 3
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