MR. LANG NEXT

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11533, 9 January 1932, Page 2

MR. LANG NEXT

DOWNFALL OF LABOUR. - LOAN COUNCIL MAY FORCE , ELECTION. ' I STATE’S DEFICIT £S,01)0,000. SYDNEY, December 3i. The tumult and tbe shouting of the whirlwind election campaign in Australia is over, and now the party leaders are surveying the result and its effects on their organisations. It need hardly be repeated that Labor, both the Federal Party led by Air. Seullin and AJr. Theodore and State Labor, which is under the auspices of the Premier of New South Wales, Mr. J. T. Lang, and led by Mr. J. A. Beasley, received a severe setback- from the electors, and that thro United Australia party, led by Air. Lyons, has a majority over all other parties. The first measures to be dealt with by the new Government will be the tariff schedules, a review of waterside workers’ awards and the alleviation of the unemployed and financial problems. The Labor forces arc preparing to put tlieir houses in order, for it :s not disputed that had Labor 1 ecn united at the elections many .scats which were lost to U.A.P. by preferences would have been held. Most of the State branches' of the Federal Labor party are on the eve of their annual conferences, and it is certain that strong- efforts will be. made to bring about unity in the movement. The N.SAV. ' Labor' conference will bo held at Easter, but it rs doubtful whether, owing to the strong position of the party in New South Wales, the unity move will come from' that gathering. Political forecasters are predicting an early election in N.SAV., because of the fact that . the Loan Council and the new Federal Cabinet will take steps to enforce the payment of the debt of N.SAV.' to tlio Fader a ’ Government. contracted when Air. repudiated the payment of loan instalments overseas.

Court proceedings for the recovery of these debts were started by tlio Seullin Government. ’ but were allowed to lapse on Air. I.angts promising that Hie N.SAV. Government would meet future obligations overseas and would .repay the money already advanced by the Federal Government. No move has been made to do this by the N.SAV. Government. while a deficit for the first five months of the 1931-32 financial year of £3,000.009 is disclosed in N.SAV. The Loan Council is not likely to allow further credit to the N.SAV. Government.

With the probability of having no funds in the Public Treasury early in the New Year, it is thought that an appeal to the State electors will be forced.

Recent appointments bv the Rang Government- to impotent public posts, including flic AJilk Board, the Western Lands Board, the Industrial Arbitration Court ’ “plums,” and numerous other minor positions bearing large salaries, have roused the ire of big sections of the taxpayers. .Most of the positions have been filled by unsuccessful candidates at various elections and byelections -supporting the Lang Plan, while the claims of' more talented officers in the Public Service have been passed over. In any case, there are sure to be stirring political movements in the New Year.

Three passengers. King’s Cross to Edinboro’, snugly seated in a first class “smoker,'’ got to comparing notes about tobacco, (chronicles a trade paper.) No. 1 said he was from South Africa, and asked for nothing •" better than the Rhodesian. No. 3 said he was from America, and kinder reckoned tbe American tobacco th« best on earth. No. 3 remarked thaf lie hailed from New Zealand and that the N.Z. challenged comparison with any leaf grown. ■ Tastes differ of course. But leading experts agree with the New Zealander. The outstanding merit of New Zealand tobacco is largely owinir to to the tact that it is toasted—just as coffee and cocoa beans are. Hence its unique flavour' and fragrance. Yess: and toasting does more: it . absorbs the poisonous nicotine, thus' rendering the tobacco absolutely harmless. Therois no other toasted “weed,” the four brands manufactured are: Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish and Cut Plug No. 10. Every tobacconist sells these goods, the buyers are cautioned-that the popularity of N.Z. , tobacco has caused imitations to get on the market. —233.