STATE ELECTIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22568, 11 May 1935, Page 13

STATE ELECTIONS

NEW SOUTH WALES CAMPAIGN PLACID THROUGHOUT (United Press Association.! (By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) SYDNEY, May 10. (Received May 10, at 10 p.m.) After an election campaign which has been notable throughout for its placidity, New South Wales political issues will go to the vote to-morrow. Although its most optimistic supporters predict that the Government may even improve on its present unprecedented majority of 42 in a House of 00 members, others feel it may be too much to expect to retain the existing strength. The consensus of opinion seems to be that Mr Stevens will return with a good working majority. The Lang Labour Party, however, professes that it has never been more confident of victory as the result of an intensive campaign in the city and country, assuring workers of higher wages and the abolition of the dole conditions. Labour organisers declare that only a 10 per cent, swing in the oting is required to reinstate Mr Lang with 50 or 52 seats. At the 1932 election the Government parties received 701,847 votes, compared with 598,000 for State and Federal Labour. The Lang party hopes at least to retrieve nine metropolitan and nine country seats which it, narrowly lost last time. The Country Party organisers anticipate little or no change in the state of the parties, declaring that there is no sign of a swing away from the Government as far as the country is concerned, but rather that the dread of Langism is now more evident in all parts of the State following the marked recovery of business since Mr Lang's departure from office.

THE QUEENSLAND CAMPAIGN BRISBANE, May 10. (Received May 10, at 10 p.m.) The feature of the Queensland election campaign, which also culminates in polling to-morrow, has been the as.sault by the Leader of the Opposition Mr E. A. Moore, on the city seats now held by Labour. Mr Moore evolved a childhood endowment scheme, under which he proposes a reduction of 5s a week in the wages of employees with no dependent children ai.d a bonus of 5s a week for workers with three and 10s for those with four or more children. The Premier (Mr Forgan Smith) has been taking every opportunity to attempt tc prove that the scheme is actuarily unsound and unworkable. The present state of the parties is as follows: Labour 33 Country and National .. 28 Independent 1