RICH REWARDS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11549, 28 January 1932, Page 5

RICH REWARDS

AIR. LANG FINDS .JOBS FOR FRIENDS.

SYDNEY. December 31. The Lang Labor Government pf New South Wales lias been rewarding its industrial and political supporters with a whole case of plums, the crop tins season being -a bumper one. Trades Hall officials especially have been favored. There are 21 Trades Hall officials in (fie. last balc-h of appointments to flip Legis’at ire Council. Next to the union officials, most consideration ha-.? been given to defeated Labor candidates. I hen there were sixty lesser, lights who became dole inspectors, \\ ben these were! retired an additional IN* was placed on the Government pay-roll, and their numbers have grown '.steadily. Here are so rue oi the plums that have been given to political laver ifes:— J. 11. Slooman, Publicitv Officer to the Lang Government, .££oo a year. C. J. Goode, discharged from tho railway service, appointed chairman of the Transport Co-ordination Board at H 1750 a year. (>’. 10. Antler, former secret ary of the Transport Workers’ Union, member of the Transport Board, CIOOO A year. F. C. Jlutt. formerly organiser of the A lent Industry Employees’ Union. and defeated Labor candidate for the Land Cove seat in the Stale Parliament, a member of the Meat Board, £I.OOO a. year. A. D. Kay, appointed fo the Meat Board by the previous Lang Administration, and removed by Bavin Adm infiltration, reappointed by the. present Lang A.dmiry/vtrotkiii, ,a mem Ik: r of the Aleut Board, £10(10 a year.

J. Clancy, defeated Labor candidate, in the Ash field (State) by-elec-tion, a. District Court Judge, £ISOO E. C. Alngrath, general advocate, Printing Industry Employees’ Union, now .Deputy Industrial Commissioner. £ISOO. a year. ‘ -

T. Mooney, retired from Lang Party Senate nominees, now Senator for six months. .

J. All Martin, ALL.CI. organising secretary Electrical' Ti'ades Union, now member of the Alilk Bca'rd (salary to be fixed). '

P. AlcGiny' Ar.L.tp., defeated Labor candidate', brother of the Alimster for Local Government, now chairman of the \Veslerh Land ' Commission for sy,yen years, a'year. ’ ‘ T. Watson,' defeated Lang'.-• candidate for ’Catar.e at the last'Federal election, m timber of 1 the AVestcrn Land Cbnuhission, £IOOO a year. " Bird, formerly'.secretary of the Lang A.U.P.; <7- Ipßpk, former elrairriian of the Traded and- *(jf\t>pr Council; A. Sherman, former secretary of the Hotel, - Union, chairmen pf conciliation committees, at £750 a year each-. There . nfe aUiers. - ’ ,-