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