POLITICS IN N.S.W.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3503, 15 June 1920, Page 2

POLITICS IN N.S.W.

“D.-\.VY H.-\.LL H.-\(II{l-IJ)."

Sgcaking at the Clyde l1lu;_-iueering CLm:p:ul_\"s uxnzuul. picnir >2ll. C-lH"rnu (I‘:n‘dcn;~:. !_~'_y<lx:(-*_y, me 1110 L-:11Ir.'(‘]l:lti0n of the uppoimtnvnt of the .—’\gelxt-G011» oral, .\l.'r lmng‘, the New Smltll \\'dlGs >‘~tzllL- ’l‘1'ous111'o1", .\‘:lid:—-“Ye.<tol-day afternoon someone said to me: "l.‘lm Labour p'.ll'ty lost its (ligjniiy wlwn it sucked David Hall.’ Well, let me tell you that though we nmy lmvo lost our di-gnity, land though ponplo lulk ulmuf us repudi:ll'iug CunIx':lr.<'.€s, nwst (~-uptains of industry are suit! In lmvc sunu? ztbility for filling‘ their positions. What. 21l.2ilit_V (lid .l)uvi<l Hall lluve‘.’

“He is :1 deadly unotny to my p:11'ly. so how could we slaml llilxl‘3 Tlxey .~u_\" we >‘l)OUl(l 1101, repudiate :1 conlrmet. ’l‘llc_y say if we do so we will stul't ropudiating c\'eryt.llillg. “Well, David Hull didn’t only get £IBSO :1 year, but £SOO on top of that for C:~:p011.~'es, zuul lll(,'l.'U was IL clzulsc in the agreement by \\‘lli<:.l: he was to get zxnutlwr .~<um of muzwy, Lll)S(>l111L'l)' unlilnited, \\'llzLl'(=.-\'<‘l' the G-'J\'n:‘:'Ixl11(‘I1l liked to give him, in fact. His fanlily lnad free passes to b‘11g'lz111(l, with expcnscs, and :1 return lxickct.

“'l‘here is :1 letter of credit‘ in the 'l‘l'e:lsury that ;—':i\'(-5 him the power when he gets to Lomlon to speml £1950 out of the people's pockets on unything he likes. If I had only been in the Tl'easul'_\' .11 (lay earlier. he would never have got it.” fßefel'l'ing: to Sr.:m- nlotor—eal's, M I'. Lung said that", as thiug;< were. any memhex‘ of l’:n'l_iumen{ eeuhl go for :1 j()y—l‘i<lC Wl2L‘llC¥\'(‘i' he felt ineliiled, and no qixestious would be as1(e(l. He was in fzivour of.’ selling‘ up the whole State g'ul‘:ige, so fhat‘ there Woultl be no ears at :11]. Then, when -3, member ‘required :1 motor for an ‘offieial 'pul'po.<e. he could hire one, and, at the end of the year, send -an ac~ Count, in, to be paid out of the petty cash. In this way a tub could be kept on the number and nature of ‘the occasions upon which cars were requisitinned -at the countl'y’s expense.

“Next time you lmve -:1 picnic,” the l‘»:[inis‘ror conclu(le<l_. ‘I would like to see all of you -af the official luncl‘.<}on———nol‘ only bosses am‘! foremeiw. but all the \\'ol'kol‘;~' (lown to HlO Sln:ll—lest shop-boys. If’.< no good prc-acll~ ing‘ conciliufion when you split yoursolvos up like this.”