Der Wirtschaftskrieg

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Identifikator:: 1024656551

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-49829

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Der Wirtschaftskrieg

Edition:: Zweite, nach dem Stande vom 31. Juli 1915 ergänzte Auflage

Place of publication:: Wien

Publisher:: Verlag der Niederösterreichischen Handels- und Gewerbekammer

Year of publication:: 1915

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (II, 171, V Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: XIII. Rußland

Collection:: Economics Books

CHAP. 1] THE GOVERNOR S99 of the Federations and the Union the style is extended to his wife, while by local usage it often is given in other places. In the case of the Federations and the Union the style is also adopted in formal correspondence with the Governor-General, but not with Governors. The Governor as representative of the Sovereign is entitled to certain salutes from Imperial men-of-war, and receives various marks of distinction from local military forces, bands, &c. He wears a special uniform, and is entitled to the respect due to a representative of the Crown. There are various minor matters respecting Governors which may be noticed. In the first place, no Governor is allowed to accept presents as Governor without the per- mission in each case obtained of the Secretary of State.? This permission has been given as almost a matter of course ? in the case of valedictory presents, but the practice is not with- out difficulties, and Lord Carrington, when Governor of New South Wales, discouraged it as applied to himself. On the other hand, it is sometimes difficult to refuse such presents, and though the Governor of Tasmania, Sir G. Strickland, in leaving the Colony in 1909 on transfer to Western Australia, intimated that he did not intend to apply to the Secretary of State for leave to accept presents, nevertheless one of some small value was given to his wife, who had rendered herself very popular in the state. The rule nowadays is of little con- sequence, but it was a different matter in the early days of self-government, when a Governor wielded a very great direct influence. The case of Governor Darling of Victoria, which will be referred to later in detail, shows how serious a position may develop from the practice of grants to the relations or families of Governors. Of late years a certain amount of trouble has been raised by the fact that Governors * As to the right of the Canadian Lieutenant-Governors in this regard see Ontario Sess. Pap., 1873, No. 67. 2 Colonial Regulations, Nos. 486, 47. * e.g. Sir H. Rawson and Sir F. Bedford both received presentations on retiring from office, and the service of the former was extended for a year at the request of his ministers. Sir T. Carmichael on leaving Victoria in 1911 declined for himself and his wife any valuable presents. q2

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