THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
APPOINTMENTS EXWBfe | SHRINKAGE IN NUMBERS The appointments of two roembets of |i| the Legislative Council the Hon. J. MacGrepor (Otago) and the Hon. R." Moore (Canterbury), expired on Jdy 14, and those of Irwo others, the Hoi*. W. W. Snodgrass and the Hon. W. I. , ij, Mclntyre (Nelson) will .end on Septea» ; |[ ber 3.'\ ■ i rife It is considered unlikely that any steps will be taken to fill the tiro seat* just vacated, by reappointment or otherwise, until aftet the return frcna Britain of the Prime Minister. Mr. Forbes, and Mr Coates. The present strength of the Legislative Cotineil it 28, compared with 41 ten years ago. Its members are appointed for terms of seven years, and after Messrs. Snod* .. : grass and McLntyre none are due i© !»* " tire until June, 1937, when the appointments of six councillor* will come up for review. Mr. MaeGregor and Mr. Moore ai* in their 85th and 86th years respectively. Both have sat in the cosbpu ? continuously since 1914, and Mr. MaeGregor was a member previously from 1892 to 1899. The appointments of Mr. Snodgrass and Mr. Mclntyre date from 1921. % .. >
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22172, 27 July 1935, Page 14
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