SANITY AND LOYALTY

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 3

SANITY AND LOYALTY

REFORM IN SYDNEY'S CIVIO GOVERNMENT., (rao_ oor own cosmwonmnt.) SYDNEY, 6th,December. Many Tefarms, bringing the civic government of Sydney back to sanity, and leaving no room for doubt as to its loyalty,; Bre foreshadowed as a result of the defeat of the Labour aldermen at last week's elections. There have been time* during the Labour regime, when the Union Jack ha* flown from almost every flagpole in the city; but not at the Town Hall. In future the Union JacV- will be ,fk»w_ there on all patriotic occasions. ' The toast of "The King" will also be, honoured at all civic functions, a tribute of loyalty whioh was frequently disregarded under Labour. Similarly, the singing of "The Red Flag" will not be allowed in the Town Hall, nor. will motions of diisloyalty, of which there have been many complaints in the past, be permitted, - , Full publicity is to/ be given to, all business >condaicted. With civic reform aldermen in the majority, there will no longer^ be a secret understanding between ; Macdonnell House (the headquarters of the executive of the Labour Party), and aldermen generally. The Lord Mayor will be elected' by has i peers, not by a body outside the council, as T-Si i the case with Labour.

Already notice' has been given of a series of rescinding resolutions, removing from the books : (he - socialisation ■schemes for the acquirement of metal quarries, sawmills, forests, and such like proposals, to which *o much attention was paid for the,past three years, whilst the administrative affair* of the city were neglected. • , ' An early effect of the defeat of Labo—■ is the fillip it has given to the real estate market. Many important deals, involving hundreds of thousands, were held up, pending the result of the elections. Many business men and speculators were unprepared to risk enormous • capital in ground arid- building investments, until they were satisfied that the city was not to be committed to another three years, of extravagant expenditure, with accompanying inefficiency .of civio administration. : With the removal of that danger, real estate agente and investors were relieved, and , many important sdles have resulted.