AN ELECTIVE UPPER HOUSE.
Until Parliament at the behest of the electors alters thi law the same class of member as of old will be nominated to the Council. The man who slavishly follows his party, who is ready to come when he is called to go when he is bidden, will take the place of independent and broad-minded statesmen, and such can be selected by no other means than the will of the people as expressed under a system of proportional representation over wide electorates. — “JYtataura Ensign,’
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2454, 19 March 1909, Page 2
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88AN ELECTIVE UPPER HOUSE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2454, 19 March 1909, Page 2
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