The Colonies are always making experiments for our ben e fit . A
little-noticed telegram from South Australia published on Monday announces that South Australia, which is very care. fully governed, is about to pass a Bill authorising any Minister with a seat in the Assembly, or Lower House, to defend a measure in the Council, or Upper House, and vice versci. Re will have, that is, right of speech in both Houses, but can vote only in the House he 'belongs to. We have been advo- cating that reform in our own Constitution for years, but as yet in vain. The House of Commons may be half. bewildered with excitement about some complication in foreign affairs, but Lord Lansdowne is forbidden by ceusti. tutional etiquette to explain it to Members, and his repre- sentative, the Under-Secretary, to say anything not written in his brief. Can that be wise?
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