N.S.W. POLITICS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9291, 12 August 1920, Page 5

N.S.W. POLITICS.

PREMIER'S REPL%,TO CENSURE.

(Per Press Association Copyright.) (Received August, 12, 10.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 12. ■Mr .Storey, the Premier, replying to the motion, of censufej said he wanted no votes of the, Nationalists or Progressives who were*" riot favourable to the victimised strikers of 1917 receiving another chance to earn an honest living. He was himself unable to attend Dr. Mannix's farewell, but he would not have hesitated to pay a tribute to any gentleman holding high office, irrespective" of opinions. :Up to the time of his departure from Australia, Dr. Mann,ix had said nothing objectionable. Mr Storey, expressed the opinion that the subsequent action of tile British Government was instigated by Mr Hughes.; Defending Mr Justice Ewing's report, he said no one would sentence a prisoner to 15; years on the word of "a scoundrel, adding that the previous Government induced Scully- to leave. Australia by offering him a large "sum of money and a free passage.* Also, the Government kept him for a year and dictated what he should say. ■ :'' - Mr Wearne, the Progressive leader, announced he was voting with the Opposition. He would oppose any effort to replace the strikers at the expense of loyalists.; The debate was adjourned.