PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
rTo the Editor)
Sir, —Mr Moffatt, by iiis letter in Thursday’s Mail, seems to have got rather into a fog, admitting that I have been right in respect to proportional representation, then trying to prove mo wrong, then again quoting authority that pi’ovcs that I have been righj in what I have said. His content ion that proportional representation ts at least equal to the second ballot ie; quite laughable, after what he says about it and the experience we in New Zealand had of it, we hear of no one suggesting its reinstatement these days. Mr Moffatt would be doing a great service if be could evolve a really workable and more equitable representation system than the present one. A lot umld be done in this way if a real'} live debating society could bo formed in Nelson. There are lots of interesting subjects that could be debated to the advancement of the education of electors and others in matters of public interest and I am sure would clear up many of the misunderstandings that exist among the different schools of thought and parties of today. I am, etc., A. V. ALLPORT. Stoke, 24th Nov., 1922.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 25 November 1922, Page 11
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