SCENE SHIFTS
FINANCIAL WRANGLE
CANBERRA TO MELBOURNE
SYDNEY, 11th February. , The scene of the financial wrangle has shifted from Canberra to Melbourne. The Federal Executive of the Labour Party, assembled there to;day to deal with the differences of policies which have arisen between Labour leaders; The Prime Minister;and the Premiers of Victoria and South Australia attended, but Mr. J. T. Lang, although invited, was not present. The rival financial policies of Mr. E. G. Theodore and Mr. Lang are now under consideration. Interviewed at Canberra to-day, Sir James Mitchell, Premier of Western Australia, said his State would have to reconsider its position in the Commonwealth if a policy of wholesale inflation was resorted to by the Federal Government^ either with or without the co-operation of other States. "Our bond with the Commonwealth is not; insoluble," he said. "Our destiny is not to be decided by Mr. Theodore or Mr. Lang, and we cannot recognise the right of any other Government to impugn the honour of Western Australia."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 13
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167SCENE SHIFTS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 13
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