BACK TO THE RANKS - What Defeated M.P's Will Do PROSAIC TASKS - News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) - 2 Jan 1932 (original) (raw)
FOR many Labor members of
ment the advent of the new
year means that they will have
to search for more prosaic tasks
than filling green leather seats
in the House of Representa·
Financially some will not suffer to any
great degree, but most of the former
Labor members will be compelled to go
job hunting probably for salaries much
less than the £800 a year they were re-
ceiving as members of Parliament.
Senator H. Kneebone (S.A.), who lost
his seat, is going back to journalism. Next
week he will take charge of "The Labor
Advocate," the official organ of the Trades
Mr. A. W. Lacey, who was dereated for
Grey by Mr. McBride, is holidaymaking
Mr. Theodore, who is reported to have
considerable private means, and Mr. Bren
nan, former Attorney-Genrai, who is head
of a Melbourne law firm, are among the.
Mr. Cunningham will go back to his
farm. Mr. Curtin will resume his work
as a newspaper editor. Mr. Cusack owns
a coachbuilding establishment.
Mr. Paul Jones, who is an M.A., has
stated that he is going to seek a living by
mining. Mr. Keane, who was defeated in
Bendigo, has expressed his intention of
owning a shop. Mr. Lewis (Corio) may
go back to union organising, and Mr.
Rowe (Parramatta) may seek a job as a
Mr. Chifley former Minister of Defence,
was once an enginedriver, but before en-
tering Parliament he was a union advocate.
Mr. Long, who was defeated in Lang, was
la metalworker. Ald. Ward, the defeated
Langster in East Sydney, will return to
the ranks of the unemployed. He was
out of work when he received his position