One of the matters which is likely to claim the attention oi the new Government of Now South Wales shortly k the attitude which it will adopt in regard to capital punishment. Under Labor administration every sentence of death passed, for no matter how hideous a crime, was, on account ot the policy of tho party, commuted _ on the recommendation of tho executive. Tho present party in power has no such policy, and amongst many of its supporters it is thought that one of its first functions will bo to malco a definite pronouncement for tho reimposi-. tion of tho full penalty as a deterrent against capital offences. Fellowes: “ Does your wife cry when she gets angry?” Parkes: ‘‘Yes; it isn't the heat of her temper that distresses me so much as tho humiditfe’’-
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Evening Star, Issue 17957, 2 May 1922, Page 2
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134Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 17957, 2 May 1922, Page 2
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