LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
SEVERE CRITICISM
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ASHRURTON, July 2. In the course of severe criticism of the Government, Hon. W. Hayward, speaking at a National Party meeting at Ashburton last evening, said that the members recently appointed to the Legislative Council had the wrong idea of what the Council was for.
“The majority are there simply as voting machines, and feel that they are just tliei;e to vote for anything that comes up from the house. If that were so we would he better at home, as we are a very expensive machine,” said Mr Hayward. A strong committee was formed to organise in the National Party’s interests.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 181, 2 July 1936, Page 7
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109LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 181, 2 July 1936, Page 7
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