DAY BY DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17975, 21 March 1930, Page 6

DAY BY DAY.

When the present Federal Labour Government was in Steadied Up opposition its members by we re everlastingly Responsibility, moving motions demanding that the Bruoc-Page Government do something or old) civ jf the reply of the Government, was to the /effects that it was beyond the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth the Labour members accused the members of the late Government of being unsympathetic. One of these publicity stunts was the demand for an Austra-lian-wide wheat pool, and the sponsor was usually the present Minister for Markets, Mr Parker Moloney. The Government members naturally voted against such a futile motion, and the voting lists were then used by the then Labour opposition to show that the late Ministers were against the pool. During the recent election members of tdic Labour Party promised the wheal-growers a guaranteed price of Os Od a bushel and an Australian pool. To save his face, we now have Mr .Moloney trying to form what he calls an Australian pool—with an under-cost guarantee of 4s a bushel, lie does not admit in words that all his previous promises were purely election stunts, and that he knew" it was beyond the powers of (lie Commonwealth constitution; hut his present proposal is in effect such an admission—Australian paper.