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THE COUNCIL REFORM BILL.
COUNTRY MEMBERS' ATTITUDE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Wellington, July 15. The Government's latest Council Reform Bill is not completely satisiactory to country mombor© of tho party in the iiowra House, and they v, ill no doubt «ot a good deal of assistance from Oppositionists in amending the daasob. "vhich, if adopted, wou.d abdish the 28 per «*nt advantage in representation now enioywl b.y the country districts. A typical Government member b view was expressed to-day by Mr. Marnier (Marsden), who condemned .the proposed ivnr constituencies (.two m eacu island) as being too largo. The result, •ho belkv.od, would be to let small compact cliques have an undue .advantage jn tho (Sections. There would be so many names to choose from that voters "becoming confused would vote for ono or two they knew, and leave the rest to chance. ' The preferable method, in Mr Mander'js opinion, would be to constitute the electorates, of groups ot two Lower House constituencies.
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13775, 16 July 1913, Page 5
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