N.S.W. POLITICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1923, Page 4

N.S.W. POLITICS.

SYDNEY. May !). t/ar.vlv: IV- m: Humour is again Im-yii g bers Tl' with the State political Em. There i, much talk of ihiettt- < " ■! i ri- - in the Cabinet ami of an inevitable" real raiige-iuent of portfolio*. ■Added t-i Ini- llie question of idle np- ;> ml lie-lit, of a low (bn art.or and an A "lit-(! iieral has let loose a lined of .speculation. First if all. it lot* freely • > en mentioned (Tint Sir Walter DavidS >ll V. ii! la!;.. Ii;-. tbe p Ist. of Apelit-Der-util tiller bis retirement, a- Stale '■ b.vct'imr revi year. T'iii- suggestion bus met with t lie apoioval of a untill.ei of public bodies, win see ill Sir V.'ah' r one who-e pa rt icillur knowledge o! Australi'in cnmlif intis might I eavcnieotl.v be placed at tl:e disposal of ititeiiiliuv; new settlers. I’tlt then I I . iv is Sir (Jco. Fuller to consider. He will return to Sydney in accordance Viitb his jroiiti-e to I i- patty, several limit b- lienee. Then, act m ding: to a > 'hit.' ttj.etdly regarded as atttborat!> a. In will wend lit, way to England ! > hoi one Agent miieral for a delinic p.vi id. In that ev; nt ilie matter ol he- -in .r i - one that will be easel Iv ; aiiva-scd. Old IVrliameiitary hands say that .Air Oakes has done so well a--.Vet in."'-l'|.|>uii;T that lie should be co:ifirmed in tbe p..-it ion any time that Sir (ieorge Eulb r onv, to vacate ti e Premier-lit p. It. is til that point. !••••.. \ i. that the Minister of .Justice iMr l.ev) tomes into the picture. Ambit iou*. somewhat restive under the restricted conditions of his present office, and with a powerful following in the party, Air Lev can he counted upon as a serious contender for the office.

SLUM-AREAS IN SYDNEY: SYDNEY, May 0. Lord NorthelifFe declared, in the post-humously published diary "i iiis journey round the world, that lie l ad failed to discover any slums in Sydney. His judgment in the matter was obviously based upon English stands! ds. At all events, the aldermen of the Sydney City Council, and they ought to know, are toucineel that there ate slnnts, That being He case, they are now out to efface them. The Lord Mayor lias recommended to the Council a scheme for the erection of more than TOO houses in Dowling street—formerly one of the most unsavoury quarters of Sydney—on a basis which will ensure their being let at 25s a week. The land was resumed some years ago. and the slum houses on it were demolished. Since then the Conntil has tried to sell the land, but without success, and it has lain idle and unsightly. The total cost of the suggested houses, which are to cost £.‘750 each, i- estimated at f-'S'I,S.;J. which, says the Lord Mayor, will make the venture a payable one for the C onned. In addition it will gives homes for t i,.- workers with a degree of comfort unknown in that locality. This proposal, if carried into effect, will giv with a similar scheme which i- to be fiirri-d out it Pyrmont. comfortable homes for 285 families. Even at that ii mil bv id means offer a solution o. ,I,C bousing problem, but the numb w i, sufficiently large to give some appreciable relief-