LANG ATTAKED

Hokitika Guardian, 28 May 1932, Page 5

LANG ATTAKED

“POLITICAL LEPER”

REFERENCE TO THE COURTS.

(Australian Press Association.)

SYDNEY, May 27

Mr J. T. Lang’s references to the Courts during his speech last night have raised a storm of indignation. Leading lawyers describe Mr Lang’s lemarks as “infamous” and “cowardly.”

Tho “Sydney Morning Herald” uays: “No Communist howling for the overthrow of tile social order ever said anything worse about the King and the law. Mr Lang has become a political lep-:’ in ibis country. He desires to contaminate the whole community with his loathsome political disease, llis debenture issue for twenty-one millions would be both unconstitutional and impracticable.”

LANG’S DEBENTURE PLAN.

ATTACKED IN THE PRESS

SYDNEY, May 27,

“The World” daily newspaper, which is the organ of the Federal Labour Party, describes the State curroncy proposal put forward by Mr Lang ns being “the most wicked phn* risnicnl trick over suggested for tho hoodwinking cf the starving.”

“Tho World” says: “It amounts to paper inflation, because the backing, apart from being hypothetical, would not amount to anything like seven millions per year, for three years, from the shrinking taxable field. Moreover, Mr Lang would have no power over the currency issue. Therefore his proposal would he illegal. The good money would leave this State as fast as tho hanks could make transfers, and tho people would, bo. left with bundles of bonds which nobody would negotiate.”

CAMPAIGN WARMING UP

SYDNEY, May 27. The election campaign is wanning up.

The Federal Labour 'Party’s candidate for Glebe, after leaving his meeting at Glebe, wag bespattered with tomatoes by Lang supporters. A Communist canditate, Mr L. Sharkey, when addressing some factory workers in Mr Lang’s electorate, Auburn, was knocked off his perch. He was carried bodily to an adjoining stagnant creek and thrown in. Mr Sharkey’s comrades disappeared before the angry crowd of Langites could catch them.

PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL

LONDON, May 263 The Privy Council will give judgment in the New South Wales Upper House case on Tuesday morning.

STATE’S FINANCES.

S 0 SYDNEY, May 27. Jhe Stevens-Bruxner Government lias published figures of States finances for the nine months of the present financial year. They reveal that the expediture exceeded revenue by £9,704,70-1. Reventie amounted to £11,112,330, and the expenditure to £20,817,034.

RURAL PROBLEMS. SYDNEY, May 27. Mr'Stevens, at Mudgee, announcing the policy of the United parties in respect to urgent rural problem.;, promised that the Government would cooperate with other Governments in Australia, in a scheme for the increase of oversea exchange rates, by means of which the prices received in Australia for wool, meat and butter would be enhanced by three million pounds this year. '

INTEREST PAYMENTS, SYDNEY, May 27. ' A half year’s interest, amounting to £1,828,000, will be paid by the Federal Treasury on June loth, on the three per cent. 1938 Australian Consolidated Loan; the 1938 Australian Consolidated Loan, and a four per ) cent. 1955 Australian Consolidated Loan.