UNITED ACTION

Taranaki Daily News, 27 April 1931, Page 7

UNITED ACTION

THE EXTREMISTS OPPOSED PARTIES JOINING FORCES AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT PREPARING FOR ELECTION BIG CONFERENCE PROPOSED By Telegraph—Preps Assn.— Copyright. Sydney, April 24. Efforts are being made in Sydney to bring about unity of action among the various-political parties opposed to the extremist forces in the community. A similar effort was made last week to co-ordin-ate the anti-extremist parties in Federal politics. Considerable progress has been made. The National Party is willing to extend the utmost co-operation to the All for Australia League and the Country Party is prepared to enter into an agreement, provided its separate entity is respected and that it has fair representation in any composite Ministry. The basis of the policy on which all parties are agreed is economy of administration as advised by the Conference of Premiers at Melbourne; uncompfoiliieing opposition to inflation and Sny form of repudiation. All the parties are unanimous that restoration of industry can be achieved in no other way than by the adoption of the policy. A conference is to be held at Sydney attended by representatives of the Federal and State National Union apd the Vic* torian National. Party. The aim of the conference is to ensure that at ,the next election there shall be a united front to. the extremist forces, which the parties believe will endeavour, apart from direct repudiation, to bring about an inflation of the currency with all its attendant misery.

SAVED BY SPEAKER’S VOTE.

SCULLIN GOVERNMENT ESCAPES.

Rec. 5.5 p.m., Canberra, April 25. The Scullin Government was saved by ythe Speaker’s vote when the House.of presentatives voted on the motion that the exclusion of the Melbourne Herald representative over the publication of secret cablee between members of the Government was a matter for the House and not the Speaker.

PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION.

MEETINGS OF INDIGNATION.

Rec. 5.5 p.m. Adelaide, April 24. Simultaneous public indignation meetings are being planned throughout th i Commonwealth within the next fortnight with the object of petitioning the Governor-General to dissolve the Federal Parliament on the grounds that it is inoperative owing to the impossibility of reconciling the House of Representatives and the Senate.

YEAR’S ECONOMY £11,300,000.

PROPOSALS OF LOAN COUNCIL.

Rec. 5.5 p.m. Melbourne, April 26. ifr. E. G. Theodore, Federal Treasurer, stated that the Loan Council had explored means for further economies in Governmental expenditure in the States and the Commonwealth. . The cuts which were resolved upon would mean that the total economies for next year would be £11,300,000, compared with £7,000,000 in 1929-30. LEADERSHIP OF MR. LANG ARE COLLEAGUES LOYAL ? By telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Sydney, April 26. Recent political events in New South Wales, culminating in the savings bank sensation, have, it A is stated, intensified the bitterness against the Lang administration. It is now reported that a section of Mr. Lang's colleagues are seeking his dismissal from the Premiership, as in the event of a sudden election several country Labour members fear they will lose their seats. Mr. Lang meanwhile remains silent. He win' be difficult to shift. Having been appointed the leader for the full session lie cannot be deposed by the caucus, except with the sanction of the party’s executive and the Trades Hall. Actually, he has the powers of a dictator. His friends declare that the talk of displacing him is purely propaganda emanating from the Theodore party