ENTERPRISE CRUSHED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 March 1932, Page 2

ENTERPRISE CRUSHED

VISITOR SAYS LANG HAS BESMIRCHED FAIR NAME OF N.S-.W. CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. "Wefe there an election in New South. Wales to-morrow, I am convinced that the antagonism which Mr. Lang has aroused, even among the workers, who find .themselves living on the dole, would result in an overwhelming defeat of the • Lang Party and its Trades Hall satelites," said Mr. D. R. Rogers, National Party candidate at the last State election in New South Wales, who was a passenger on the Marama from Sydney. Mr. Rogers, who is paying a visit to his( sister in Christchurch, contested the; Arnecliffe electorate, and was defeat-. ed. ' In an interyiew with a reporter, Mr, Rogers said that Mr. Lang "got what he asked for." He was returned to power with an overwhelming majority. The political pendulum had swung in his favour. "After twelve months, however, we find the working man in a worse condition than ever before," said Mr. Rogers. "Unemployment is rife, discontent is every where, and the prospects for the immediate future are even worse than one eould have c'onceived. Financial institfitions have no confidence. Menaced and harried by projected legislation, the spirit of enterprise has been absolutely crushed. Mr. Lang boasts tbat he is bringing the socialisation of the comniunity into effect along constitutional lines., That may he so, but at the same time he has besmirched the fair name of New South Wales. ,J