FATE OF LABOUR LEASERS

Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1933, Page 7

FATE OF LABOUR LEASERS

LANG-WILLIS DUEL IN BULLI

STEVENS’ PROTEGE’S CHANCE

INTEREST IN TO-DAY’S POLL

PREFERENCES MAY DECIDE i

By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 10.5 p.m. Sydney, June 2. The eyes of the eastern States are on the Bull! by-election to-morrow. Mr. John T. Lang is desperately anxious that the inner Labour group’s candidate (Mr. Sweeney) • should win and that Mr. A. C. Willis should be kept out at all costs. The political fates of both Mr. Lang and Mr. Willis are thus in the Balance. The Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) visited the electorate yesterday on behalf of the United Australia candidate (Mr. Butterell), who is understood to be making great headway; his preferences, it is believed, will decide the issue. The Premier’s chief note was: “If what Mr. Lang says about Mr. Willis is true then the last place Mr. Willis should be is in Parliament; on the other hand if what Mr. Willis says about Mr. Lang is true then Mr. Lang is a political opportunist, a wealthy estate agent and squire who has fed the populace on a diet of crocodile tears for many years.