THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
While the Premier and others are hesitating to attack the Legislative Council. Sir William* Steward (shows no such diffidence.
With a truly knightly courage this prolific legislator has given notice of a. Bill which, we gather from its title, is designed to reform the Upper House. His measure provides that no further appointments shall bo made to the Council by the Governor, that the normal number of members shall be forty, that vacancies shall be filled by a vote of the members of the House of Representatives, that the length of tenure shall be seven years, and that member's slj'all retire on reaching the age of seventyseven. This Bill has its good points, although they are outweighed by its bad ones. To our mind, its chief drawback bi that it is only midly reformative. .Some thing much more drastic than tho gentle remedy suggested by the member for Waitaki is required to pm-ge the Council of its defects, something which, if it did not cure, would kill.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8060, 12 July 1904, Page 2
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