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PEACOCK GOVERNMENT
CASTIGATED
LIBERAiL .MEMBER'S DENUNCIA-
TION.
BRIGHT, Friday.
The school at Wandiligong, which
has lately been Remodelled, was
opened to-day by ,Mr FusheLl, chief
inspector. Mr A. A. Billson. M.L.A.,
an address, defended the Econom v
party's attitude and expressed surpris^
at the action of the Governm
seeking to cover party obliq«oy
,as being responsible for closing
schools and police stations throughout
the
State. Mr Billson said it
apparently impossible for , the
Government to x differentiate between
^ S ^ J e t
oxpenaiture xnai. was m^peraLivciy.
Srand^oliS^nfrs'sLio'les 0
a nf con
or
^overnmenx economy, anu pun
^ c S ^ o ^ ^ W T A K
an(i
over-stafted, showed callous dis
regard, which merited strong .con-'
damnation. He equally protested
against tho removal of police protection
from country districts, leaving
sov«ral hundred" law-abiding citdzons
to the mercy of hoodlums. An
obligation devolved upon the Government
to protect citizens against
molestation. There was nothing mor e
inimical to future State Parliaments -
than*- the tendency of the Government
to (be used as "an instrument for
gratifying private interests. Men wHo
were now disposed to give expression
to their own thoughts in ,vari-
^co to cries of party were frequently^eld
up to scorn. Some Ministers
^ P^aaure m lecturing members. ;
^ thus atmosphere which kept |
men of
capacity out 01 politics. The
province of State Government was
concern itself purely with domesti<J
^ ^ ^ Thcre. wa8 amplo work T
to bd done> and ^Q best results s
CQuld onlv v,o obtained bv men that
jia,^ COura^ to stand up to their
principles.
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