N.S.W. POLITICS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 March 1931, Page 3

N.S.W. POLITICS

CAUCUS TO BE CONSULTED. (Australian Press Association) SYDNEY, March 25. The Premier, Mr Lang has instructed the Grown Law Department to draft the necessary document to be despatched to the Imperial Government asking for the refill of the State Governor, Sir P. Game. Nothing further was done to-day. jl'lic Ministry proposes to consult the Parliamentary Labour Party Caucus on Friday before . definitely deciding to give effect to the Cabinet's proposal Co seek the Governor's recall. WHAT HAS N.S.W. GOVERNOR DONE. LONDON, March : 2,\ “The Times” commenting on New South Wales, says:—“No intervention could he more improper than advice to the King to recall th ( » State Governor because his view of his duty differed from that of the Ministers. If the Government is dissatisfied, the remedy is to appeal, not to London, hut to the people, when judgment would be green by the one authority whose verdict is final. It is surprising that Mr Lang, as a democrat of the extreme type, does not prefer this method to an appear to the British Government to take sides in an internal New South Wales dispute.

RISE IN STATE DUTIES. SYDNEY, ALirch 25. A sharp increase in duties is provided in the Stamp Duties Amendment Bill introduced in the Now South 'Wales Assembly. The new duties range from two per cent on estates up ‘to one thousand su-iling to twenty vy,> p f . r cent, on estates worth one hundred thousand sterling and over. The present rate on the estates, oxceo-’ing one hundred thousand pounds is per cent.