PEOPLE'S GREATEST CHANCE
MR. WILL CROOKS' OPINION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —rRESS ASSOCIATION.] Lvvescargill, Monday. Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., interviewed by a Southland Times reporter on his way to catch the Melbourne boat at the Bluff, said he would be back in time for the British elections and would be in the thick of the fight. He hoped to reach Home by January 10. The earliest ' polling in the boroughs would not begin until the 13th, and the British elections spread over six weeks. Whatever was the result of the coming elections, lie did not think there had been for 200 years or more such a chance for the people. Tho Lords were irresponsible, and this last act of theirs marked the end of their power. It was the merest rubbish to talk of their rights a-s a revising Chamber. They had violated that principle time after time. "If they beat us at this election," added Mr. Crooks, " then representative government ceases to exist. All your democratic sentiments go by the board."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14237, 7 December 1909, Page 5
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170PEOPLE'S GREATEST CHANCE New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14237, 7 December 1909, Page 5
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