LANG AND FINANCE

Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1932, Page 6

LANG AND FINANCE

SERVANTS PAID

EXCEPT SCHOOL TEACHERS

(Australian Press Association.)

SYDNEY, April 14. < The majority of the public servants of New South Wales received their pay to-day in hank notes, which wore taken from the State Treasury in large bags, under escort. County school teachers, however, are likely to wait till the end of next week bcorc tlie.x receive, theirs.

FEDERAL BLOCKADE. HAMPERS STATE OFFICIALS. SYDNEY, April 14. . Revenue which Juts been accumulating in the country centres from license fees, land dues and other sources since the Commonwealth blockade began, will he drawn upon the State. The Treasury officials have been in close conference since Monday, and have been trying to prepare a met bod of overcoming the present difficulties by paying the stalls with a minimum of trouble or eonlusion. The officials preserve, a discreet silence upon the subject.

IS BANKS’ ACTION ILLEGAL? IN HANDING MONEY OVER. SYDNEY. AprilJ4. The New South Wales Government has approached the High Court lor an order directing that the Rank of New South Wales, and the Commercial Ranking Company of Sydney, to repay all of the New South Wales State money that they have paid to the Commonweatli Rank under the “Garnishee” Act. and also inr an injunction restraining those hanks’ offieers from acting further without the consent of the State Government.