N.S.W. POLITICS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 143, 3 June 1912, Page 5

N.S.W. POLITICS.

THE WERRTWA ELECTION

Sydney, June 2. In the by-election for Werriwa to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Hall the returns are incomplete. Bennett (Labour) is loading. This is the first contest under the new Electoral Act, which prevent* comments by newspapers except over the writer’s signature. SPEAKER WILLIS. Sydney, June 2.Mr. Willis. Speaker in the N.S.W. House of Assembly, speaking at the turning of the first sod of the Werriwa railway, defended his actions in Parliament in claiming precedence, and claimed that since he had been Speaker he had secured the enfranchisement of 25 per cent, more people, and had saved the £lOO,OOO. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION LABOUR. (Received 3, 9.25 a.m.) Sydney, June 3.> Mr. Griffith, speaking at the turtle ing of the first sod of the Muswejl-' brook-Merriwa railway, made the. statement that in the general pohey of railway construction by the hour Government was included establishing of direct employment ih--stead of contract systems, bec&M*/ they believed it to be more economi-, cal. Under the contract system some’ of the wealthiest men in Australia had built up fortunes which, represented the difference between the/ money people paid for railways their cost of construction. He de*dared the success of day labour WM threatened by contractors, and. * minority of labourers who were dUP sirens of getting all they could fot IKK little labour as possible. .