MR. LANG'S LATEST.
MORE ABOLITION PROPOSED.
DOING WITH STATE;, G OVER NORS AND PARLIAMENTS.
SAYS, PRESENT POSITION ' RIDICULOUS.' •
{Elec. Tel. Copy right—United Press Assn.) (Received' April a.m.) * • : SYDNEY, Atoil. 17., Mr. Lang, interviewed, said lie Hoped to see the time when the whole of the State Parliaments and: the office of-State Governor Would be abolished. • , -. .'
He said the abolition of State legislatures could not be achieved piecemeal, but a move would have to be conjointly by all the States. . ' ; Mr. Lang also said he was entirely In favor of the .retention of the office of GovemorrGeneral, bufc : thinks the lime lias come when another convention should be held to define; the. powers of the ComV monwealth Parliament as a substitute \ l or the State Parliaments. " . ",' ; .. * ;?:;,'
Mr. Lang's idea is to give extended powers to local Government authorities, and. to create such bodies as Piovinckl Councils. ■ ",' '■''■' ■■'"'>,' *"?:
It is ridiculous, he says, to hav.e..s,o many Parliaments to govern 6,000,000 people: ; -
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 1701, 17 April 1926, Page 5
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158MR. LANG'S LATEST. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 1701, 17 April 1926, Page 5
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