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M.L.C.’s PETITION FOR SALARY. REGARDED AS STEP TOWARDS ABOLITION. (Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) >SYDNEY, Jan. 3. —A sensation has been caused in political circles by the presentation to the Government of a memorial signed by more than 24 members of the Legislative Council asking for payment for Members of the Upper House.
Ministerial circles regard the memorial as the deciding factor in the Council’s abolition, and the new appointees will be out to test to enable the Government to see if the pledges they gave tile party to abolish the Upper House are genuine. The payment demanded is £3OO annually. Members making the demand include anti-Labour as well as Labe ar supporters. It is stated that after the petition was presented to the Govcn,merit some of the members of the Cceacil struck with the object of forcing the Government’s hand, there being a remarkable falling off in Council attendances. Mr Lang (Premier) however, countered this move by the simple expedient of threatening to bring down the Legislative Council Abolition Bill, which is already being drafted.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 4 January 1926, Page 5
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