COMMONWEALTH ELECTION.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19727, 18 September 1929, Page 11

COMMONWEALTH ELECTION.

—t - WHIRLWIND campaign. TWO IMPORTANT ISSUES. iisnso "««» —tt gtactarc cormaaT ) ißtcetvcJ ix. J tender 17th, 5.J p.m.) sYKXKY, September 17. Tier* is considerable activity in polltkal circle ii> preparation for the OeMral Election on October 12th. The Statural authorities were caught un--3,; l : i r « working overtime. I'arty urKiUiisatioriM all over Australia are getting ready for a whirlKind campaign. thu ixsties in which titi been iiitnuH..l dow'ii practically to tw# - (1) Whether the Commonwealth Arbl trstlen Court should l>« abolished, and (3) The propriety-of the Treasurer's taxation prapoiials upon amusoa«nta, eini'ma lilm, leer, and spirits, wkiab the ('overument regarded at luxuries. The t'<- 'lcrnl National Party uiani fetto promises iurreased employment and th« lowering of the cost of living. The manifesto bitterly assails Mr I(«gh<'2) as tin muri who "for sis years baa nisnu ii-. nvl to betray his Party." The Labour Party to-day decided on M intensive campaign with the object of winning eight Federal scats, and, till lb* election in over, all State issues and Union >!■"!! • hj: politic* will be discarded A Lon lon message statea that Mr gobert Cook has decided to contest the Indi seat nt the Federal elections in deAiaee of Dr. Earle Page's cablegram aoaouttcing that another candidate has bees ehnsrtj. He complains that he has fain sacrificed by Dr. Page. Mr 51. A. Noble, the international •rilketcr, has submitted his nam© for Jfltlonaltst selection for the Wentworth seat in opposition to Mr W. M. Maths. Mr W. M. Hughes and Mr Marks klivt not yet stated whether they inHud nominating with the Nationalista. —Australian Press Association.

NEW PARTY FORMED. (Jtoeeiv p<! September 17th, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, September 17. A new Party has been formed, which will be called the People's Party. It if avowedly Nationalist in sentiment. The new Party has decided to contest Ave seats in the neighbourhood of Sydney, but will not oppose Mr Hughes or Mr Marks. . , The personnel of tbe Party, the leaders, ana the prospective candidates have not yet been announced. —.Australian Frits Association. MR MARR WISHES TO FLY HOME. LONDON, September 16. Mr Chanes Marr, who will be unable to teach Australia before tbe election, Is trying to communicate with Squadron- Lender C. E. Kingsford Smith, who i« on the Continent, for the purpose of flying to Australia in the Southern Cross. —Australian Press Association. CINEMA FILM TAX. ftOJJIFICATION OF PROPOSALS. SYDNEY, September 17. fiforous opposition against the pro|Hl| cinema film and amusement taxes i« being expressed by the directors of jM»r« organisations, who have, through their theatres, embarked Sis a publicity crusade against the veraaisnt proposals. The Prime Mintltef has now announced his intention to modify tbe original taxation proCts with the idea of exempting those Ilea where the weekly receipts are Mt above a certain figure. Mr Spice's proposals grant exemptions from the payment of tax in eases where the weekly takings do not exeee4 £IOO. Parliament will be asked to impose a tax of 124 per eeut, upon Mmente made to persons outside the Coiußoawealth by film importers of nee-British films.—Australian Press Association.