AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1929, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

COMMENT FROM ‘‘THE TIMES.” Y ' . !. (Times Service), j ‘ ■ • ' LONDON, Nov. 14. In an editorial, . “The Times” com* mends the decision of the Australian! Loan Council against an increase in the loan programme. It remarks on N the similarity in the difficulties that / are facing Prime ' Ministers Scullin and. MacDonald, "instancing the coal trade depression and the unemployment. It alludes to the necessity for Mr Theodore (Australian Treasurer) cutting 1 , down expenditure and increasing revenue. - The Times says: “There is much in Mr Theodore’s past, especially in the handling of the finances of Queensland, which may well cause anxiety,, but he .is a big man and an able man, and it would not be a surprise to see him nrofit from his past experiences, “The Times” expresses the opinion that the most urgent need in <' nnT iS<j| | L - cv tion with the Australian industrial nrolilem is to restore respect for tlie law. It concludes by assuring Prime Minister Scullin that his efforts towards the promotion of the general good of the Commonwealth of Bi iti.sh nations will receive the sympatuotic understanding for which he has asked when he broadcasted his speech after the ( formation of his Cabinet.;’