LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
NEW SOUTH WALES KE FORM. PRIVY COUNCIL DECISION. SYDNEY, June 29. The Privy Council decision concernig the New South Wales Legislative ouncil was the subject of comment by •'lie Attorney-General (Mr. H- E. Manning), who said that the Government regarded it as a complete vindication, •oth of the scheme of Upper House rearm and the mode of carrying it out, The community would naturally be —leased that a system whereby they’ ■.pressed approval of Legislative .’ouncil reconstruction was perfectly alid- The Privy Council held that reform of the Act was clearly within ’Parliament’s powers, and that the Leg.slature was capable of determining what sufficed to bring the meaning of the Bill before the electorate. The appeal of Mr. T. P. Doyle was dismissed with costs. This appeal related to efforts by the New South Wales Labour forces in 1933 to abolish the New South Wales Legislative Council and unset the referendum which subsequently favoured its retention by a large majority. Mr. Doyle was the appellant in an action before the Full Court in Sydney, which held that the referendum wis valid. The matter then 'vent to the Privy Council, Mr. A. R. Piddington, K.C-. going specially to England to argue the appeal.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 154, 2 July 1934, Page 7
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