PARTIES IN S.A.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 14

PARTIES IN S.A.

LORD GOWRIE'S PRAISE "SINKING DJFPERENCES'' ADELAIDE, Sept, 11. The Governor-General, Lord Cowrie, speaking, at a reception given Lo him at Parliament House to-day, said he had been impressed by the way both political parties in South* Australia had played the game. They had sunk their party differences and worked on the principle of "none for party and all for State." Only by such co-operation hud South Australia been able to make such a wonderful recovery and rehabilitate its financial position World conditions nevertheless to-day appeared even more difficult and anxious perhaps than a few years ago, Lord Cowrie said, but because they were not so near were regaided with less alarm. There was chaos and confusion in the world, anarchy, civil war, and suspicions, and the nations attributed the worst motives to each other, rather than the best. In such circumstances less consideration should be given to party polities, and more attention paid to the general trend of national affairs. "We are all in the same boat, and will sink or swim together," declared Lord Cowrie. "If we pull together, the boat will go forward on an even keel. If we rock ■the boat; it-might swamp or even sinlc. Civilisation is hanging in the balance. Only the strength and union of the British Empire keeps civilisation together. Unity must be the watchword of all in this great Empire."