THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8833, 21 January 1907, Page 4

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

ONE CHAMBER ALONE IMPOS- . \ SIBLE. Sir Joseph touched upon the new appointments to the Legislative Council, : to which, he said. Mr Wigram had so i nicely referred. The desire of the Goi verninent, he said, was to improve the i personnel of the Council, to see that ,' the different sections of the community I were fairly represented in the selection, and also to get. a just allotment in r&---1 gard to provincialism. "It is not pcs- ; sible in this country of ours," he said, i "and I no not think that it ever will ;be to have a Parliament with one : House only." Although some men i were sincere in their desire to have ai ! uni-cameral system, he affirmed, with ■"! a knowledge of the position, .that it ! was more practical, instead' of fighting for an almost impossible ideal, to see that things were improved. By seeing i that good men were sent to the Upper House, the Government was doing that which the people of the colony expected it to do and the Government took i the responsibility of recommending new I members of the Council. He- thanked Mr Wigram for his kind reference to IDr Findlay. He was sure that that gentleman," in. the important position of head of the Council, would add to its prestige. His laurels had been : won by his own efforts in. the distmi guished profession, to which he belongi cd.