AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1930, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

LANG’S OPTIMISM. v RECOVERY -‘IMPOSSIBLE.” \ (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, September 23. Leading business men express amazements at Mr Laing’s promises and assert that his policy is quite impossible Of achievement. The keynote of their comment was that Mr Lang either did not appear to appreciate the real gravity of Australia’s position, or lie deliberately desired to hoodwink electors. The “Evening News,” in its editorial headed “Birdlime,” expresses the opinion that Mr Lang must have a low opinion of the electors, for whom he has spread the cheapest quality of birdlime. It says that liis policy, summed up in three words, amounts to “boom, borrow, bust.”

WESTRALIAN FINANCE. A BUDGET SUPRLUS. (Received this day at 9.40 a m.) • PERTH, September 24. A feature of AVest Australia’s Budget, sumbitted by the Premier, Sir James Mitchell, is a surplus of £,5628 sterling. He estimates the revenue at £10,104,550 and expenditure £10,098,992. RUNS AMOK. SPANIARD SHOOTS A MAN. BRISBANE, September 24. Running amok with a shot gun, on a cane farm near Halifax, Lamigaez, a Spaniard, killed Tento an Italian firing four shots into . his body. He then turned -the gun on a party of Tento’s friends, but none of the shots took effect. Lamigaez then shot himself dead. COUNTRY PARTY LEADER. SYDNEY, Sept. 24. . The leader of the Country Party (Mr Buttenshaw) delivered his policy speech at Condobolin. He declared the only issue’ before the electors was ratification of the Premier’s Financial Agreement, which was the only way out of the present economic financial crisis. The Country Party’s watchword had always been and still was to reduce the cost of production. He promised to introduce better methods of marketing primary products more especially abroad.

Premier Bavin, speaking at Bondi, said unless the Premier’s Financial Pact was honoured he could nob see the way at present of paying public service salaries towards the end of the financial year. Mr Lang’s foolish promises were merely humbugging people. There was.ugly scenes after the meeting when Mr Bavin as surrounded by an angry mob and almost jostled into his car. Police guarded the gates leading to the hall, and prevented a large crowd from gaining admission. MURDER OR SUICIDE. A REMARKABLE CASE. SYDNEY, September 24. The decomposed body of a man, believed to be Arthur Hampton aged fifty, was found floating in the harbour with the hands and feet bound together and a rope drawn tightly round the chest. Everything points to murder but detectives are working also on a theory of an extraordinary suicide.