TRUSTED MINISTERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 5

TRUSTED MINISTERS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, :, ■ ~ MR. FISHER'S COLLEAGUES. - . ■ By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright." Sydney, April 30. The Daily Telegraph, referring to the fact ■■'■; ', that with one exception the last Labour, Ministry has been re-elected, says that on the whole, the , allotment of portfolios is impressively significant of the party' 6 disposition to trust the bridge which carried it. over, and members of the last Fisher Government may fairly feel a pride on the testimonials given them by their re-elec-tion. ;: , v.V..' ' '-.:::'"r -f/■■!•. ■::-,'. '. : ---' '.O-'^V^'H LABOUR LEGISLATION. NO NEED FOR ANXIETY London, April 29. ' : Mr. John McCaD (Tasmania's Agent General), speaking • at- the !j Ironmongers' Company banquet, said he believed : that'' the Labour Government would cease to V ' be: representative of one class, : since it •• • accepted the : responsibility to govern the "rf. Commonwealth for all classes.-Britishers need have■ no anxiety concerning the Aus- -i tralian Labour policy. - IN NEW SOUTH WALES. ; THE LABOUR PROGRAMME. - " Sydney, April 30. *;'■■■' Mr. McGcwen (Leader of the Labour < : Opposition in. the State Parliament), dis- ,; :. cussing the " State . Labour j party's . pro- : - posals for: the coming elections, said \ the ;: chief planks would be decentralisation in railway ; policy, reduction of members to ' 54 by f, a - rearrangement of electorates " before the next elections, nationalisation of sufficient coal mines to supply State industries and harbour ferries, compensation for injured workmen, appeal board for public servants, and progressive land <■" tax in -the event of the Federal Parlia- . ment , .failing to ■ pass C such r a measure.