AFTER THE POLL

Southland Times, Issue 21729, 15 June 1932, Page 7

AFTER THE POLL

NEW SOUTH WALES MR LANG’S POSITION IN DOUBT RECOUNT OF VOTES {United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) . Sydney, June 14. , The new Parliament will be called 'together for business on Tuesday of next week if 85 of the election writs out of 90 are returned by then. Parliament cannot meet if more than five writs are outstanding. The choice of the new Cabinet will be left in the hands of the two leaders, Messrs Stevens and Bruxner. The United Australia Party decided .on this unanimously and with the United Country Party this system has always been in vogue. , In the absence of any official announcement it is believed that Mr Stevens’ provisional Cabinet, which was formed after Mr Lang’s dismissal, will become permanent and that a couple of additional and necessary portfolios will be created by the Premier himself. A decision on the subject will be made to-morrow. A recount of the votes in the Auburn electorate is being made following rumours of irregularities.’ Mr Coleman’s supporters are still confident that he will win. Mr Stanley Bruce, in a speech at the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, said: “I think we can look with confidence to the future. If we steel ourselves a little while longer I believe we will get out of our troubles rather sooner than many people to-day suppose.” Referring to the New South Wales election, the Premier of South Australia, Mr Hill, said: “Saturday was a great day for Australia. Langism was the greatest obstacle to our progress, and party politics generally have been smashed. At the same time Australia now has the opportunity to bring the Govarnments of Australia in line, for the first time since the Premiers’ Conference, when the Premiers’ Plan was evolved.” THREE DOUBTFUL SEATS PREFERENCES BEING CHECKED. (Rec. 11.50 p.m.) Sydney, June 14. There is no appreciable change in the election figures or the state of the parties. Absent and postal votes are still coming in, and the outcome of three doubtful seats, two of which vitally concern the fate of two of Mr Lang’s Ministers, Mr Davies (Education) and Mr McGirr (Transport), will hardly be known before Thursday, when the second preferences have been checked. THE NEW HOUSE LIST OF MEMBERS. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Sydney, June 13. The state of the parties is unchanged. Members in the new House are as follow:—■ UNITED AUSTRALIA PARTY (40). —G. E. Adrill (Yass), H. J. Bate (South Coast), T. R. Bavin (Gordon), W. Bennett (Gloucester), F. A. Chaffey (Tamworth), J. M. Dunningham (Coogee), Dr. C. C. Fleck (Granville), H. P. Fitzsimmons (Lane Cove), W. F. Foster (Vaucluse), G. C. Gollan (Parramatta), H. E. Harper (Arncliff), Sir Thomas Henley (Burwood), W. A. H. Howarth (Maitland), J. J. Jackson (Neapean), M. L. F. Jarvie (Ashfield), J. R. Lee (Drummoyne), Sir D. Levy (Woollahra), S. A. Lloyd (Concord), H. W. Lloyd (Mosman), P. F. Laughlin (Goulbourn), A. Mair (Albury), L. O. Martin (Oxley), C. O. J. Monro (George’s River), M. F. Morton (Wollondilly), A. H. Moverly (Randwick), J, T. Ness (Dulwich Hill), H. L, Premrose (North Sydney), A. E. V. Reid (Manly), J. C. Ross (Kogarah), J. B. Shand Hornsley), E. L. Sanders (Willoughby), E. S. Solomon (Petersham), E. S. Spooner (Ryde), B. S. B. Stevens (Croydon), N. Thomas (Bondi), A. U. Tonking (Orangi), J. W. Waddell (Waverley), R. B. Walker (Hawkesbury), Dr. J. E. Webb (Hurstville), R. W. D. Weaver (Neutral Bay). UNITED COUNTRY PARTY (25).— R. T. Ball (Corowa), M. Brown (Upper Hunter), M. Bruxner (Tenterfield), A. A. Budd (Byron), E. A. Buttenshaw (Lachlan), H. C. Carter (Liverpool Plains), D. H. Drummond (Armadale), H. O. Elliott (Ashburnham), R. H. Hankinson (Murrumbidgee), W. W. Shand (Hornsley), E. L. Sanders (Wilence), M. Kilpatrick (Waggawagga), J. A, Lawson (Murray), H. Maine (Temora), W. T. Messingham (Lismore), J. T. Reid (Casino), A. D. Reid (Young), W. F. M. Ross (Cootamundra), C. A. Sinclair (Namoi), D. H. Spring (Mudgee), R. S. Vincent (Raleigh), B. Wade (Borwon), G. Wilson (Dubbo), A. W. Yeo (Castlereagh), G. Wilkins (Bathhurst.) STATE LABOUR (LANG PARTY) (24).—J. M. Baddeley (Cessnock), G. Booth (Kurri Kurri), F. M. Bourke (Newtown), R. Cameron (Waratah), D. Clyne (King), H. J. Connell (Hamilton), P. Connelly (Newcastle), M. A. Davidson (Cobar), R. J. Heffron (Botany), E. M. Harsington (Sturt), T. M. Keegan (Glebe), H. Knight (Hartley), J. T. Lang (Auburn), C. C. Lazzarini (Marrickville), A. A. Lysaght (Bulli), J. McGirr (Bankstown), W, J. McKell (Redfern), B. C. Okie (Leichhardt), M. O’Sullivan (Paddington), J. Quirke (Balmain), T. J. Shannon (Phillip), R. J. Stuart-Robertson (Annondale), F. Stanley (Lakemba), W. Davies (Illawarra). LONDON COMMENT CREDIT MUST IMPROVE. “LANG BLIGHT REMOVED.” London, June 13. The Times, in editorial comment on the New South Wales election, says: “The solider Labour elements emphatically repudiated Mr Lang because they apparently felt Langism must be crushed if the movement was ever to regain its former hold. The result must be emphatically gratifying to the Commonwealth Government, whose policy of honest finance was almost impossible of fulfilment while Mr Lang was in control. Gratification must be tempered by regret at Mr Moore’s defeat in Queensland, but Mr Forgan Smith is a .moderate and has refused to associate himself with Mr Lang. The city’s markets will reopen to-day under cheerful circumstances. The result of the New South Wales election cannot fail to enhance Australian credit.” The Morning Post, in an editorial headed “Auld Lang Syne,” says: “The New South Wales election concerned us all, and the result vindicates the action of both the Commonwealth and the Crown. It ends the tyranny of the Trades Hall, repudiates repudiation, and, as Mr Stevens justly claims, vindicates the honour of New South Wales. The Daily Telegraph says: “The Lang blight has been removed by one of the most sweeping electoral decisions in Australian history. The success of * moderate Labour in Queensland in no wiaw diminishes the importance of the

defeat of Langism.. These two decisions complete the destruction of a movement that threatened . the whole financial future of Australia and a continuance of the Federal Union. The Daily Express and the NewsChronicle comment in similar strain. The Stock Exchange is highly gratified at Mr Lang’s defeat and Australian stocks generally have been marked up. Commonwealth 5 per cents by 20/- and several New South Wales securities by 60/-.