NEW SOUTH WALES
UPPER HOUSE ABOLITION MR LANG’S DETERMINATION. Preui Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. SYDNEY, February 15. The Upper House abolition ‘contest may be brought to an early crisis as the result of tho notice of motion by Mr C. TV. Oakes demanding a referendum. There was a feeling in political circles lately that the Premier might change his tactics and leave the Bill till later in tho year, hut during the week Mr Lang reiterated that he had not departed from his original plan of bringing down tho Abolition Bill at tho end of the present session. He asserted that democracy, as represented by the great Labor movement, would triumph. He said there was only one thing that could defeat democracy and the Labor movement in the present crisis, and that was treachery. Ho added that when tho vote was taken the Labor roll of honor would bo shown.
The Governor has not yet boern approached officially by tho Premier or any member of the Ministry concerning the proposal to make additional appointments to the Legislative Council.
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Evening Star, Issue 19175, 16 February 1926, Page 5
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