UNDER LANG'S REGIME

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3439, 5 March 1932, Page 8

UNDER LANG'S REGIME

WORKING MAN WORSE OFF. "Were there an election in New South Wales to-morrow I am convinced that the antagonism which Mr. Lang has aroused, even among the workers, who find themselves living on the dole, would result in an overwhelming defeat of the Lang Party and its Trades Hall satellites," said Mr. D. R. Rogers, National Party candidate at the last State election in New South Wales, who was a passenger on the Marama, which arrived to-day from Sydney. Mr. Rogers, who is paying a visit to his sister in Christchurch, contested the Arnecliffe electorate, arid was defeated.

In an interview with a Post representative, Mr. Rogers said that Mr. Lang "got what he asked for." He was returned to power with an overwhelming majority. The political pendulum had swung in his favour. "After twelve months, however, we find the working man in a worse condition than ever before," said Mr. Rogers. "Unemployment is rife, discontent is everywhere, and the prospects for the immediate future are even worse than one could have conceived. Financial institutions have no confidence. Menaced and harried by projected legislation, the spirit of enterprise has been absolutely crushed. Mr. Lang boasts that he is bringing the socialisation of the community into effect along constitutional lines. That may be so, but at the same time he has besmirched the fair name of New South Wales."