Stevens “A Dictator,” But Lang Motion Outed
! (Received 12 Noon.) ! SYDNEY. This Day. I The no-confidence motion launched I with dramatic suddenness on Wednes- ' day in the Legislative Assembly by Mr J. T. Lang, leader of the official Labour Opposition, was defeated by . 41 votes to 39. j Mr E. S. Spooner, who last week resigned from his position in the Cabinet, and who allegedly criticised the Premier, Mr B. S. Stevens, for Budget faking, voted with the Government, but six Government members were i against it, revealing dissension in the United Australia Party ranks.
During the debate these six referred to the Premier as a dictator, and expressed a strong objection to machine politics.
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Northern Advocate, 29 July 1939, Page 7
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