MAGNA CHART A FLOUTED.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 69, 1 November 1928, Page 2

MAGNA CHART A FLOUTED.

WARNING TO ELECTORS. When a minority organisation extorts pledges from members of Parliament to support that organisation and to place biased legislation on the statute books against the will of the people—then the principles of British justice founded on Magna ■ Cbarta are in extreme jeopardy. It may come as a surprise to many New Zealanders to know that such a menace exists to-day that an organisation is at work to betray the wishes of th e people. The secret is no longer a secret—the New Zealand Allianc stands guilty and apparently unashamed. At recent elections the people of New Zealand voted against the attempt to force prohibition upon a law-abiding British community. The ballot box has shown conclusively that New Zealanders ar e opposed to tyrannical restriction of their peisonal liberty.

Not content with such a decided expression of opinion, the New Zealand Alliance has sought to thwart the electors by extorting secret pledges from members of the House of Representatives. This is not government —not the British ideal of government at any rate! This is “Super-Government,” which throttles parliament—a fanaticism which, if not curbed, will seriously dislocate the mechanism of politics.

You can express your disapproval of these tactics by voting Continuance at the forthcoming elections. 7