COMMONWEALTH'S SYMPATHY.

Grey River Argus, 2 June 1914, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH'S SYMPATHY.

STRAIGHT TALKING, "BY HON. . W. A. HOLMAN. ■ (Received:' June i', 0*45 P.m.) SYDNEY, June r. The IState Government has canted the - sympathy -of New South Wales to Canada, > . l Hota. Wl A. Holman; referring to the disaster, sad that he' supposed that the inquiry would end in the condemnafifon of some unlortunate second mato or seaman There would be no safety far the travelling- puib'lic until the directors which send 1500 people to 'sea i n a >ship capable of destruction <n fifteen minutes arc put on trial as accessories to n 1 * am slaughter. ' P& hoped- the Canadian Government woj»Td f deal with the calamity in that I spirit. tu \ , He; was not'^saying- that they were 'nttocenf or -guilty. _It jnay have been a mere act of God, but if. due? to human failing-, the people- who makp> money by gambling in Ihiaraan' lives ought to be punished.