N.S.W. POLITICS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1926, Page 3

N.S.W. POLITICS

MR LANG'S OUTBURST. '■ Australia A- N.Z. Cable Association.] SYDNEY. Jan. 20. Mr Lang reiterating Ids intent ion to abolish the Legislative Council says he is lirml.v convinced the people of New South Wale-, are anxious In remove the stigma of life from the political affairs of the State. Some of the present members of the Council have been legislating lor from ten to forty years. Air Lang e.included lltal the Governments which bad appointed them nave long ago departed from the scene. Tens of thousands of people whom they now govern were either unborn or just out of their swaddling (lollies when some of them were appointed, yet these honourable gentlemen, many ol whom were seldom seen in the House, roll up at eritbatl times and consistonilv vote out Die orngre-sive measures demanded by an enlightened gem-ration which they neither know nor understand. It has been realised that when there exists tilt Upper House with power to throw out hills passed by l hi- representa' ive House, it is the Upper Chamber which really governs and not the representative chamber. When the I pper House is filled with lilc nominees the pimple have tie. control over them whatever. At some periods of its history our nominee house has acted as a chamber ol revision, but since the piesent Government came into ofliee with a majority in the Assemble elected b.\ a majority of electors, the nominees have taken malicious delight in mutilating all its important, policy measures, "’ll ml in trying to make Labour legislation impossible. The position lias become intolerable. Ihe will <d people is being deliberately and supercilious! v limited by a handful ol rencjjonnrv nominees, who h.v virtue o! their life appointment have 101 l they could do as they liked.