BAVIN GOVERNMENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 238, 28 December 1927, Page 8

BAVIN GOVERNMENT

GOOD IMPRESSION CREATED SYDNEY BARRISTERS VIEWS ••The new Government of New South Wales has created a remark ably good impression, after beinj in office for barely two months." said Mr. Frank Louat. a Sydney barrister, who arrived yesterday afternoon by the Uiimaroa. ’

“Already it has begun to deal with several outstanding and urgent proh. lems which have long needed attention The whole of the industrial law Ik being reconsidered and the appoint* ment of three Judges and the creation of an Industrial Court is a new and bold experiment.” ® Mr. Louat says that he believes Ans. tralia leads the world in the eonstitp! tion of her Industrial Court. “The Bavin Government is handi. capped by great financial problems’ chiefly the legacy of two and a half years of class legislation.” he con tinued. “I cannot call it anything else. There is a radical difference between the outlook of the Labour Parte and that of any other party, a parte which is not primarily industrial, when elected to power, recognises everyone. The Labour Party acknowledges no such obligation; its aim is to raise the status of a class at the expense of the rest of the community. “Two years of these politics have involved New South Wales in a large accumulated deficit, running into mih lions. A country cannot indefinitely mortgage its future by creating charges on the finance of that country “Mr. Bavin has spared no pains to make himself known personally to the people. He has been associated with Australian politics for many years now and was a fellow-worker with Sir Edmund Barton at the time or the Australian Federation. He has been the outstanding figure in New South Wales politics for a number of yearsTREK TO CITIES Talking of the trek to the cities in Australia, Mr. Louat says that it i 5 one of the big problems which wifi have to be faced, and one of the etila the Bavin Government will have to cope with. Practically half the population of New South Wales is in Sydney. The difficulty of coping with the problem is gravely accentuated, he says, by the advance of the manufacturing activities of the State as against those of the primary producers. But there are bright times ahead for New South Wales. Mr. Louat say*. Under the new administration, if jt is permitted a second lease of iife hr the people, there is no reason why Neir South Wales should not regain the prosperity her natural resources must secure for her. Building activity is brisk, the unde*, ground railway is going ahead rapidly and the harbour bridge is quickly taking shape.