Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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w oF Lei = CHAP. 1] THE GOVERNOR 89 lative Assembly of Victoria in the year 1908, a resolution was introduced in favour of local appointments, and, though there was no intention of proceeding with it, it passed, despite the Premier’s opposition, by two votes, and the Assembly again asserted their view in the succeeding Parliament of 1909. Tn 1908 the proposal was formally made by Mr. Price, the Labour Premier of South Australia, that the new Governor should be a citizen of the state: it was not proposed to deprive the Crown of the right of appointment, but it was desired that the choice should fall on a member of the community of South Australia, and that it should be admitted that even the highest post in the community was open to its citizens. It was generally understood that it was not proposed, had the selection been left to the Government, to select the Chief Justice, as was suggested in the case of Victoria, but to choose a distinguished citizen formerly in politics for the post. But although Mr. Price visited England and had a discussion with Lord Crewe on the topic, the Secretary of State found himself unable to accede to the proposal on grounds which are explained in a dispatch of October 9, 1908. The suggestion was made in the following memorandum for the Secretary of State, dated August 13, 1908 :—? Premier’s Office, Adelaide, August 13th, 1908. My Lorp—I have the honor to submit the following statement to your Lordship :(— In the interview which your Lordship was good enough to grant me during my recent visit to England, I had the honor to place before you the views held by my Government discussed in the Western Australia Legislative Assembly on August 27, 1902, in the Victorian Assembly in March 1903 ; see also South Australia Parlia- mentary Paper, 1900, No. 99; New South Wales Acts, No. 41 of 1901, No. 32 of 1902 (reducing the amount to £5,000 from £7,000). In 1901 the Victorian salary was reduced to £5,000. ! The Legislative Council of South Australia objected strongly to the dispatch of Mr. Price, with which they entirely disagreed ; cf. Parliamen- tary Debates, 1908, pp. 1568 seq., 175 seq. See New South Wales Parl. Pap., 1908, No. 104; and ef. Western Australia Parliamentary Debates, 1908, Pp. 1114 seq.

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