STATE ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 174, 20 April 1935, Page 9

STATE ELECTIONS

Nominations Close in New South Wales NEW PARTY IN FIELD (Received April 19, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, April 18. Nominations for the State elections on May 11 closed yesterday. Eleven members were returned unopposed, comprising five members of the United Australia. Party, four of the United Country Party and two of the Labour Party. They include the Minister of Transport, Jlr. JI. F. Bruxner, and the Jlinister of Education. Mr. D. H. Drummond. There are 213 candidates, compared with 302 in 1932, and, as 11 have been returned unopposed, contests will take place in 79 electorates. A number of prospective Communist Party candidates were withdrawn at the last minute. A new party called the Centre Movement, led by Lieut.-Colonel Eric Campbell. leader of the New Guard, has nominated five candidates. The Douglas Credit Party has one candidate, who is contesting the Croydon seat, held by the Premier, Jlr. B. S. Stevens. LABOUR PARTY MOVE Caucus Not to Select Own Leader (Received April 19, 11.25 p.m.) Sydney, April 19. The Easter conference'of the State Labour Party to-day resolved to deprive the Parliamentary Labour caucus of its time-honoured right of electing its own leader, which automatically allows Jlr. J. T. Lang to continue in that office. The conference further invested Mr. Lang with the right to select his own Ministry. Jlany Labour stalwarts described the innovation as most repugnant*, amounting to a form of Fascism. It also forestalls any attempt to remove Jlr. Lang from the leadership of the Labour Party in the event of Labour losing the forthcoming election. POLICY SPEECH Premier of Queensland (Received April 19, .6.30 p.m.) Brisbane, April 18. The Premier, Jlr. W. Forgan Smith, In his policy speech, said it would be the policy of the Government progressively to reduce unemployment relief work and place men on full-time jobs, also to reduce taxation as employment increased