SUBDIVIDING N.S.W.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1932, Page 4

SUBDIVIDING N.S.W.

COUNTRY PARTY’S SCHEME. ; “IN INTERESTS OF AUSTRALIA;”; (Australian Press Association:) - V ~ SYDNEY, July 14. Seventy . delegates of the United via Country Party are holding a conference in Sydney, where they are di&- ''t•• cussing -a tentative scheme for the sub- ; ' division of New South Wales.- into* • three almost equal units. : The northearn remit proposed is one beginning at the Queensland border, and ending; and including the port of'Newcastle. The central state propsed is one' beginning below Newcastle, and embrac-' i«g Sydney and Broken Hill, eliding above Woolongong.. The southern state would be one embracing Woolorgong (a port) and extending south to 5; - the Victorian border. Senator Hardy salft'itMt an extensive campaign would-be conducted dur- •*! ing the ensuing'twelve months in fav- . our of the creation of fife three new -L-d; Federal units. V: ■ ' a Doctor Earl Page (Leader Of The Country Party in the Federal House) ' • urged that a subdivirion' would be bbst not only for New South Wales, but for • Australia, Thee must, he said, be * substantial backing from Sydney. No attempt must be made to' isolate the industrial centres. He added: “You cannot have one plague spot in Australia without infection the rest.”