LABOUR’S LOVE-BIRDS FLAP WINGS ANGRILY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1079, 17 September 1930, Page 9

LABOUR’S LOVE-BIRDS FLAP WINGS ANGRILY

SPLIT COMES CLOSER UNION LEADERS ROUSED United P.A. — By Telegraph—Copyright Reed. I p.m. MELBOURNE, Today. Mr. J. E. Fenton's statement that resolutions passed by the Labour Conference or the Australasian Council of Trade Unions were not legally enforceable upon the Federal Ministers has aroused much resentment in union circles, and a split in the party between the industrial and political sections is regarded as probable. The address of the Victorian State Premffer, Mr. J. Hogan, to the Victorian Labour Party Conference in defence of the necessity for retrenchment of employees and salaries contained an emphatic contradiction _of the statements being made by union leaders that a capitalist conspiracy is exploiting the current depression, and that Sir Otto Niemeyer, in his report on Australian finances, was acting solely on behalf of British financial inSir Otto had not visited Australia as a bailiff, as had been suggested, but had come to represent the Bank of England, of which Australia desired to become a customer. POLICY IN N.S.W. BALANCING THE BUDGET SYDNEY, Today. The Premier of New South Wales, Mr. T. R. Bavin, in his policy speech tomorrow will, it is understood, deal with the following points: The electors are to be asked to approve the Premier’s financial agreement by returning the Government so that the agreement can be given Parliamentary ratification. The Premier promises to convene Parliament without delay for the presentation of the Budget and the Estimates. A Bill will be introduced providing a limited moratorium for the relief of purchasers of homes and other property to prevent injustice to persons who paid off substantial sums on real estate and other property, such as farm machinery. The moratorium wiU also apply to hire-purchase agreements. Mr. Bavin considers if the State shows determination to live within its means, there will be a favourable reaction on the overseas moneymarket, which will be reflected in improved conditions in New South Wales. All possible means must be employed to cope with unemployment. Every avenue of Government work and private enterprise > ust be exploiter to the fullest extent.