CLOUSTON’S FLIGHT

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 154, 26 March 1938, Page 11

CLOUSTON’S FLIGHT

Short Stop At Karachi DEPARTURE FOR BASRA By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received March 25, 5.40 p.m.) Karachi, March 25. Flying Officer A, E. CloUston and Mr. Victor Ricketts left Allahabad at 8.28 p.m. G.M.T. yesterday, landed ar. Karachi at 1.42 a.m. to-day, and took off again for Basra at 2.59 a.m. STATE POLL TO-DAY New South Wales Election RIVAL LABOUR PARTIES The New South Wales State general election Will take plac6 to-day. In all. 191 candidates have been nominated for the 90 seats in the Legislative Assembly, as follows: — United Australia 54 United Country *.. 30 Labour .’... 61 Industrial Labour ....... 6 Independents 36 Communists 4 The Premier, Mr. B. S. B. Stevens, in his policy speech, said that the Government was engaged on a survey of the incidence of taxation with a view to eliminating all taxes on incomes below £250 a year in respect of persons with dependants, and substantially to raise the exemption where there were dependent children. “We will proceed as rapidly as possible,” he said, “to eliminate Wages tax and special income tax, leaving only one tax upon income.” Hours and Wages. In the fixation of wages and Working conditions, the Government would adhere to arbitration. He Was of opinion that wage standards would be raised and hours of work reduced, but he agreed with the Labour Premiers of other States that this was a Federal question, which should be left to the Arbitration Courts. The Government would exercise its powers under the Monopolies Act for the control of price fixation where it was shown that there was a combination detrimental to the public interests. The Premier accused Mr. Lang and members of his party of abuse Cjf the powers and privileges of Parliament, aiid appealed to the electors to say that men Who abused those privileges should no longer sit in Parliament. The Leader of the. Opposition, Mr. J. T. Lang, in his policy speech, repeated his charges regarding the sale of the State industrial, undertakings, and alleged that the findings of the Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Haise Rogers, constituted the "white-washing report” for which, he said, the Government had hoped. Mr. Lang’s Promise. Mr. Lang promised that if Labour was returned it would introduce a 40- * hour week, with a basic wage of not less than £4/2/6. He promised to remit, if not entirely abolish, the unemployment tax; a comprehensive scheme of closer settlement; relief for the man on the land; special maternity hospitals; a larger lottery; legislation against all forms of monopolies; a fair price commission to regulate chain stores; a revision of taxation; fulltime work for all; fair rents; cheaper milk; reduction in combine building rates, and a review of the Preference, to Returned Soldiers Act, to remove hardships and to enable the sons of the returned men to get employment. The Labour Party, he said, would reduce railway fares for workers, and, in relation to the preparation and enforcement of laws relating to liquor and racing reform, would legislate in conformity with public opinion and uot in favour of sectional interests. Industrial Labour Group. The most bitterly contested seats in the election have been those for which candidates of both Labour Party factions have been nominated, Both the Lang and the Heffron (In- , dustrial Labour) factions have rival candidates In Auburn, Botany, Marrickvllle, Leichhardt, Cessnock and Glebe. , The Heffron faction will advise electors to support the Lang candidates in other electorates. The rival Labour candidates include :— Auburn: ‘Mr. J. T. Lang (leader of the State Parliamentary Labour Party), Mr. J. Hooke (Heffron). Botany: Mr. F. Kelly (Lang), “Mr. R. J. Heffron. Cessnock: ‘Mr. J. M. Baddeley (Lang), Mr. Eugene O’Neil (Heffron). Glebe: ♦Mr. W. Carlton (Lang), Dr. Foley (Heffron).

Leichhardt: ‘Mr. C. Matthews (Lang), Mr. J. P- Dunn (Heffron). Marrlckville: Mr. L. Balzen (Lang), ♦Mr. C. C. Lazzarini (Heffron). ♦lndicates present member.