MR LANG'S PRINCIPLES

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 82, 4 February 1928, Page 6

MR LANG'S PRINCIPLES

CIVIC INVITATIONS. SYDNEY, January 20. The leader of thei Opposition (Mr Latng) h).W written to the Town Clerk of Sydney as fdllow's:— “T haV© your invitation to be present at a,civic welcome which the Chieff Commissioner proposes to ekterid to the representatives of the LaKvn Tennis Association of France on January \ 25, which X , regret to swy I caimot accept. “Might I request that you w'oukl bfe‘ good'''enough' to remove my name irdpr' the city dhVitatibn list until such time as the Government of the municipality is elected by popular franchise. '' position m , Idpdeir of the Lalbdur RVrty prevents my acceptance ‘of toy invitation that may be issued to' ine' by an authority created undei* _}« procedure so directly opposed to principles of my pjiirty.”