N.S.W. ELECTIONS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 24 October 1930, Page 9

N.S.W. ELECTIONS

BITTER CAMPAIGN CLOSED OUTCOME ANXIOUSLY AWAITED ISSUES VITAL TO AUSTRALIA. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 2.30 p.in.. bo-claj SYDNEY, Oct, 24 The. polling for the New South M ales elections to-morrow is an event of outstanding political .significance, having retard to Australia’s grave financial 4 adit. There lias never been a campaign in which the issue is so vital, and never before lias the rest of Australia looked forward so anxiously to the oute°Tt\z eft lines stated lately that Now South Wales politics have dominated Tii rest of the Commonwealth which possibly, is due to the overwhelming Influence wielded bv the Preiniei (M . pTivin) and the Treasurer (Mr. Stevens) n all recent financial negotiations to •isdit the ship of State . Tli-ei Federal Labour Mmisti> which v , s expected during the month to announce its forthcoming sessional pio-n-ainme embodying a scheme for bal ’ u.incr the Budget in accordance with n nde s t ail dings, arrived at m the Melbourne financial conference, has 1 done oo' more than to intimate that m its ~jo U contemplates a saving m pub iiri expenditure of £4,500.000, and accordinl to the Press it is content to vnit until after October 2o to see liow tlie eat lumps. It would appear, therefore, that the Federal Ministry, lias nm*a than a passing interest in the rc °of Die New South Wales, election onipaidi, which is now drawing to a I, Jose. It lias been noteworthy tor in, bitterness and its big crop of writs nr libel and slander. . Both sides, as usual, anticipate vie tory. Labour, by reason of the record unemployment and distress expects to sweep the noils m the metropolitan area They hope also that some seats in the country will be wrested from opponents on the strength of promises to break un large estates and expend millions on the provision of a. wheat ouarantee and closer settlement. On the other hand, the Government forces are sanguine of holding thenown in the metropolis and gaining a few seats in the counry at the expense of Labour. . Since the last election, m 192 i, there has. been a redistribution of the electoral, boundaries, somewhat weakening the position of Labour in rural constituencies and rendering it difficult to predict what may happen m some urban electorates. However, the Government expects to gain Goulburn, Maitland and Young ill the country, while it lias hopes of taking Concord and Hurstville from Labour in the city. Three other suburban seats— Parramatta, "Waver ley and Drummoyne. the two latter formerly Government —are in the balance. ! Whereas ten days ago there was a strong body of public opinion inclined to favour Labour’s chances of gaining office on the borrow or burst slogan, there is now a. consensus of opinion that the anti-Labour forces will again be returned on a common sense principle of safety first. The state of the parties in last Parliament was: Nationalists 35. Country Party 13, Independents 2, Labour 40.