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(Kce.eivcd 21st November, 11 a.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day
The swearing-in of new Council appointees will probably take place on Tuesday. Tho two women included are 1;lio first to be appointed to the Upper House.
The "Daily Telegraph" says that, though apparently sudden, the Governor's decision is believed to date bock to last December, when the Premier asked for eighty appointments. Sir Philip Game then offered 25, and it was not till yesterday that this offer was accepted. With its stronger hand the Government is now expected to revive immediately its mechanical hare-racing legislation, the Arbitration Bill in its original form, the Insurance Companies Doposit Bill, and possibly a 5s in £ wage tax.
Mr. Bavin, Leader of the Opposition, said that he was at a loss to understand why tho appointments were made. Any measures which were defeated in' the Upper House were defeated by Mr. Lang's own party. There could be no possible justification for the appointment of so large a number. v Mr. Boyce, Leader of the Opposition in the Council, said: "I am astounded at the number of the appointments. To my mind, the Council was the bulwark of the people's freedom. What it has done to be treated in this manner passes my comprehension."
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 124, 21 November 1931, Page 13
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