DEMAND FOR AN APOLOGY.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20564, 4 June 1932, Page 15

DEMAND FOR AN APOLOGY.

j PREMIER AND MR LANG. | SLANDER ACTION THREATENED* j SYDNEY. Juno 8. j Unless Mr J. T. Lang apologises to J Mr B. S. B. Stevens (Premier) for | having made a certain statement reI ported yesterday, ha will bo proceeded ! against for slander. The Premier, at Ryde, mad® the foregoing statement. •'Mr Lang is reported to have said that I promised to restore the buses so as to serve the interests of si wealthy bus owner," said Mr Stevens, "and in pursuance of his vilo accusation he declared that this wealthy bus owner provided me with a private car for my use. ''There is not even the shadow of truth in what Mr Lane says, and the only way to make men like him sit up is to bring them before the Courts of the land. If Mr Lang will not apologise and admit he told an untruth I will issue a writ for slander, and, bring him before the Court and compel him to take his medicine."' MONEY FOR NEW SOUTH WALES. £2,000,000 TO BE PROVIDED. CANBERRA, June 3. In order to enable New South Wales to meet its accounts and carry on its essential services for the remainder of the financial year, the Commonwealth. Government is taking action to provid® £2,000.000 through the Federal Loan Council, which will be conditional upon the State paying £733,000 to th® National Debt ' Commission, and £353,000 to the Commonwealth. PRIMAGE DUTIES LIFTED, HELP TO STATE LIBRARIES. CANBERJtA, June 3. A proclamation has been issued lifting the primage duties from books and periodicals for ,the national and Stat® public libraries, hymn and prayer books, and League tof Nations literature. WINDOW-SMASHING BT UNEMPLOYED. PROTEST AGAINST CONDITIONS. (Received' June 3rd, 8.15 p.ni.) DARWIN, June 3. The indigent unemployed unable to obtain work or rations have now hegua to smash windows as a protest. Yesterday ten men broke window# in the Government Offices. «. They declare that the only alternatives are starvation or gaol. READY FOR LONG

PLIGHT, WEIR ARRIVES AT DARWIN. • (Eeceived June 3rd, 8.15 pJR«) DARWIN, Jon® 8. The young Sydney flyer, James Weir, arrived to-day from Daly Waters. Ba expects to leave for England at daylight. •' ■ BUST OF MR LANG. AMUSING INCIDENT AT * CANBERRA. CANBERRA, May 24. The tedium of proceeding* ia the Senate was temporarily relieved tWf afternoon when Senator Dion (N.8.W.) entered the Chamber carrying » ««>- ously shaped brown-paper pared. Saving assured himself of the attention of honourable members he. unwrapped, a plaster bustof Premier of New South Wales (Mr Lang), which he placed in a prominent position oa W desk; ' : , A murmur of mingled amnsement and protest arose. from flu Government benches, wd Senator H, Hays . (Taa») walked across the Chamber with a dunce's cap of white paper, which ho set on the head of the bust. Senator Dunn angrily brushed it off. _ , Senator Thompson (<&.), who »U°pposit© Se&ftto? Duoßj wJwd po fW 1 " dent (Senator Kiugsmill): Must my susceptibilities be injured by *f**" questionable statue on a very dubious pnbjectf Senator Kingsmill replied that a orator was entitUU to exercise hisindtvidual right, provided the proprieties were not infringed, , Senator Johnston (W.A.): If wteh member can bring ii? joss here to wor-. ship the place would soon be in an objectionable condition. (Laughter.) After a short interval Senator Thompson protested that the bust was objectionable to him personally. The President. then ordered its removal under the Standing Order which requires that no member may do anything "offensive or objectionable" to another member. Senator Milieu (Tas.): This ia not a rogues' gallery. (Renewed laughter.) A motion of dissent from the President's ruling, moved by Senator Bae (N.S.W.) was negatived by 15 votes to three, and Senator Dunn thereupon handed the bast to an attendant, who removed it from the Chamber.