N.S.W. ELECTIONS.

Grey River Argus, 17 January 1922, Page 3

N.S.W. ELECTIONS.

LABOUR DIFFERENCE OVER DATE. SYDNEY, January 16. Mr McGirr’s proposal to further postpone the election has broken th 6 Labour camp into two factions, and led to recriminations between the members of the Ministry: Premier Dooley aeflieres to the proposal for an early election, while Mr McGirr expresses confidence that he will carry his proposal for the postponement at Tuesday ’s caucus meeting. Meantime Mr Levy states that should any attempt be made to prolong the life of Parliament, he will step down from the chair, leaving Mr McGirr the difficult task of finding a Speaker. Speaking at Bathurst, Mr Dooley declared, that pressure had been brought upon him to' postpone the elections, but they were going to be held at the earliest possible date. He was not going to crawl on his hands and knees to get one side or the other to take the Speakership, neither was he going to listen to any overtures that had been made for getting him out of the road. No prize of any sort would tempt him to resign the Premiership. ELECTION POSTPONEMENT UNLIKELY. (Received January IG, 10.35 p.m.) SYDNEY. January 16. Mr Levy (Speaker) denies the statement attributed to him, that, in the event of the Government attempting t o post pom* the general elections he would resign. Mr Levy stated that such a threat on his part would be most indiscreet and improper. It is now generally believed that Mr McGirr’s effort to secure a postponement of the election will fail.