The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1933. N.S.W. DECISION.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1932, Page 4

The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1933. N.S.W. DECISION.

:Tiik people of New South Wales have .answered in no uncertain -.voice . the;,, ..question put to them on Saturday as to whom should rule the destines, of the Mother State of Australia. Following on the removal from office of the Lang Cabinet, the Gove, nor sent for Mr B. S. B. Stevens, who formed a Government, and immediately appealed to the electors for a mandate to carry on the business of the Government on a policy set out plainly which was in direct contradiction to the disastrous, policy of Mr Lang. A study of the two policies reveals a sharp contrast indeed, one that it waa easy for the electors to come to a decision upon. The broad issue on (Saturday waa whether New South Wales waa to keep faith with the other States of the Commonweatlh in the fulfiment of expressed undertakings designed to restore Australia's financial equilibrium, or become a rebel State. Mr Stevens stood for the honouring of obligations, while Mr Lang espoused their repudiation. According to Mr Stevens a continuance of the policy of Mr Lang would create in Australia a position ■ similar to that which caused the civil war in America. Mr Stevens’s indictment of the Lang Government was pointed. Mr Lang’s criticism of those who have opposed his policy of destruction was mere)y abusive. Th© most patently fatuous of his series of indictments wa,s his allegation that the courts were corrupt “not in. the sense that their decisions were guided by monetary considerations, .hut’in the sense that they were; prepared at times to twist the law and to'give it an interpretation to the benefit of the financial institutions and : to the detriment cf the people.” On Saturday following a sharp, if election campaign, in which the greatest - interest of any political campaign., has been shown, the electors placed on record their views of the policies of the several parties seeking their suffrages. Though the completed figures are not available, those to hand show that the appeal of the; United Australian Party and the United 1 Country Party who were working if unison, in direct eppositom to all .that the Lang policy sibod for, liav& 'hrtd their -appeal f#* spd'lKled to in ihb uncertain manlier, with an. bveritffteHnln'g "fttolosity*'WMlfe' Mr Ttfrttg and Ills supporters have been practically wiparl out. The news of the result of 'Sinrtyi’day’s poll will he reoeived with pjeafc 'satisfaction by all moderately minded people, who viewed with great trepidation the possibility of Mr La no- being returned to power, which would have had a most! disastrous ■ effect not only in New South Wales hut the rest of Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere. It is a well

known axiom “Trud the people,” and Saturday’s, reply chows e’ea-lv that the people of New South Wales are sound at heart and are prepared to face their troubles in a straightforward manner.