NEW MOVES.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18571, 22 December 1925, Page 13

NEW MOVES.

W" PtJE IN N.S.W. Lees in council. K r' *fsN APPOINTMENTS. si*-. I HjLmBBS ASSOCIATION—COfTIUOHT.) SYDNEY, December 21. flhp J. T. Long has been ad|t&G Governor, Sir Dudley do &£ the latter wiU agree to tho gggfe of 25 new members of lll&ive Council. ftßCutho Council meeting will or to-morrow, when the jlfots will bo made and the iters subsequently sworn in. Mt will approach the Governor 'tftd will submit 35 nominees gf-fc-r thoir appointment. Fnew member ot the Council Required to tako a pledge that ftote for the abolition of the f A BUI for this purposo is s§t(ght down nest session. >;■ 300 Applicants. were originally over 300 Jjffe for appointment to the Log|#6tincil. Theso were reduced Itinciuding nineteen women. j|n6tß, the first of which exE tie women, wero required to {far-fire whose names Mr Lang pto the Governor. They |fy 61-Labour members, ParSi? candidates, and union 'gflßQ selection of a few nonlusts is resented in Labour ■A.provides possible ground for puUtitlos. pfctft Ckrwrnor to Go. m has also been launched by gfcf tile Labour Party to abolw& of State Governor when pi Governor's term expires. lift Additional appointments to pt| tbO Government will have mo majority of three in that mpw to Ctmstitution. Ip.-Batin states that ho could [jfbitteelf to believe that such V&s blow was to be struck at ptttfioo. The State Govern-j»-uo shadow of a mandate MjjgiSlaiion, and to make such number of appoint|,'tho/ Council Was merely to D&ugh proposaia which were IKSnpported by more than, a nportion of pledged Labour gitilreß in tho Upper Houße. |||tttroT tße whole balance Bptlttttioa and enable the jiprtftrnment either to abolish or to force upon the ami other wild and reckless had not been sancelectors. SEPTUS Protests. gMffllhg papers strongly proHHiwd proposed swamping of Wjffi™ Council, Herald" Bays: »ss6n of the Governor in the is one Of great difficulty. We > he has not arrived at his derithout'giving the matter tho ation it deserved, but we asth respect, that that decision lot hare been made. Wo be- ' » it was not only an error of jpln itself, but will assuredly Kcauso of grievous trouble in ■j. We oafl only register Our ■jjftinst the decision which has H|dsplorabld consummation of Ip&ent'ft tactics possible, and IP are voicing the opinion of fflfy of Ottr fell6w«citl»ens." ptWOMmg tie oouacfl. I gJlfly 1 Telegraph" describes it wtog the Council, and-adds: PpM* tho representative of rais asked to become party to, felioniatog of tho Council, for p*gen who would refuse to bettonsibie for such an act, even pte consequences meant rera! tho most coveted official lan the world. The proper mb compel tho Government Plgttog io destroy the Cob. &M get tho considered man--01 jpeople for so doing. There Spßaaees* which invest even ■M" 1 of the Governor with a motisibility of which no official PA relieve hint" mm NOMINEES. pfT*FIVE APPOINTED. w;' «sn N.S. CABIJS ASSOCIATION.) pDfoember 21st, 9.35 p.m.) SIDNEY, December 21. rowfency tho Governor to-day Mtthnte for the appointment Ijjjfwe Labour nominees to the ifo'Council. ™»r, Mr Lang, fefeted that that the Gbvernfjjjftyl to abolish tho office of SfiPfc** was entirely without K,Concerning the suggested l&jfc legislative Council he there are onlv fif|§r* °* the Legislative Counlls£& votes tho Government §i|jjfoh the additional twentyBPf* the Government will Wjs¥* voting strength of only llpifotle of ninety-nine."