N.S.W. UPPER HOUSE

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 9

N.S.W. UPPER HOUSE

GOVERNOR REFUSES

GAME TO RESIST LANG

APPEAL TO CAESAR NEXT ?

United Pres3 Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. SYDNEY, 23rd March. A grave political situation! has been created by die action of the State Governor, Sir Philip Game, in refusing to make additional appointments to the Legislative Council. > The :Premier, .Miv^. T. Lang, approached the Governor" at a special Executive Council meeting and requested the necessary appointments 'of •Labour nominees to the Council to assure the passage of policy measures. His Excellency subsequently , dispatched an official reply to that he was unable to accede to the demand. ■' . ■ : Mr. Lang, it was learned from Ministerial circles, will immediately communicate with the Imperial Government and request the recall of the Governor. It is understood thatVHis Excellency declined to make the appointments for ■the reason that the Government had not put forward sufficient reason^ why he should accede to the request. ' The Government's application1 followed tho action of the Legislative Council in referring the , Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Bill to a Select Committee. The- Government accepted the decision as being -in the nature of a challenge and, in the application to the Governor, pointed out that the Council, was impeding its legislative,, programme.