LABOUR IN POLITICS

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 552, 29 December 1925, Page 6

LABOUR IN POLITICS

WASTEFUL STATE TRADING: VIEWS ON AUSTRALIA. (Ausl. and N.Z. Cable). London, Dee. 27. Sir William Davies, writing in the Sunday Times of his impressions ol the Empire Press tour, says: ‘‘Politically Australian ollered the most interesting feature. The delegates were able to study an experiment from which the people ol the United Kingdom may derive profitable guidance should Labour ebcOnte an ellective power.” Sir William comments on the lad that Air Brute is head of a Conservative Federal Government, while five out of the six States are dominated by Labour. Tie commends the steady development of the Commonwealth on Labour lines, instancingthe Arbitration Boards and. so- forth, and proceeds: ‘‘Wherever the State trades in Australia or elsewhere the story is one ol incredible waste and extravagance.”

Sir William prophesies that Australia, will inevitably sutler in the process of growth. His impossible to resist the conclusion that the Labour Partv will presently be the. duet impediment to immigration. Regarding a White Australia, be is of opinion that it is a magnificent ideal, but Australians must sooner or later Jaco the necessity of admitting a certain' proportion ol .indentured- culoui labour.