UNITY IMPOSSIBLE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16377, 27 June 1927, Page 7

UNITY IMPOSSIBLE

N.S.W. LABOR FACTIONS EXECUTIVE’S EFFORTS FAIL (Received, dune 27, 11. a.m.) •. SYDNEY. .27. The eHurts .of ttie Federal executive of the Australian Labor Party to restore harmony m the State Labor Part) failed, and the result of deliberations lias been to leave the parties in the same position as after t lie Federal conference at Canberra. It is now generally admitted in Labor Circles that unity between the two Factions is impossible. There will probably fie two Labor candidates for each electorate at- the coming elections. THE COMING ELECTION * .SYDNEY, June 16. All parties are rallying their forces for the coming election 111 New South Wales. Peace between t.he opposing Labor factions can be a patched-up and superficial affair at the best, and those who have their fingers on the pulse, of the moment view the prospects somewhat gloomily. One of the most prominent of the Federal Labor members does not give the party a chance. Even if, as is felt to be the ease in some quarters, the Nationalists are giving away more than the Country Party under the agreement between those two parties, they will present a united front as long as the pact betVeen them is loyally observed. It will be the unattached voters who will probably decide the issue. The true blue Nationalist will, of course, vote Nationalist; the Country Party supporter, will, similarly, remain true to his political faith, and the ardent Labourite will naturally, vote for one or other of the Labor faction candidates.

Not- infrequently the. unattached voter turns the scale at elections, and if is not improbable that on this occasion he will vote against the Government. Jn polite phraseology, the Labor regime in New South Wales, especially during the last few months, lias produced in him a. feeling of satiety. In the vernacular, he is “fed tip.” The Premiership, if it comes the way 01 the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bavin, will he a reward for the sacrifices he has unquestionably made "n the altar of public service* His legal practice, if het had stuck to it, would have meant far more to him, pecuniarily, than politics. Mr. Bavin has ability and an abundance of energy where. possibly he lacks strong personal popularity, because of an unintentional aloofness, hut the feeling in favor ot a change of Government appears to be so strong that his dynamic activity, if backed by an attractive po.icy, 'will more than outweigh any Id tie personal characteristics which are apt to keep one at a distance. Mr. Bavin is not, tor example, the type of man whom one addresses by his ('hristian name. But he blends with ability and effectiveness as. a debater a dignity and bearing which ought To make for success if, as 13 generally anticipated, the pendulum swings in ids. party’s favor.