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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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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38 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [parr It Even before that there were spasmodic attempts to suggest the cessation of the practice of sending out Governors from home, but the idea was unquestionably much strengthened by the coming into force of federation. It was known that the Provinces of Canada were administered by Lieutenant- Governors appointed by the Governor-General, and, though that arrangement was not popular with the supporters of state rights, who recognized that to confer the power of appoint- ment on the Governor-General was to subject the states to federal control in a way quite inconsistent with their own views and aspirations, they were inclined in view of possible economies to diminish the salary of the Governor and allow the Chief Justice to hold the post as well as his own. This view was supported by others who were totally opposed to the maintenance of state rights, and who welcomed any step which would have the result of lowering the status of the states and furthering their ideal of their abolition as independent entities! Moreover, events made it necessary for all the Governments to economize, and the obvious economy of cutting down the Governor’s pay was appreciated on all sides. But the movement did not ultimately prevail as much as was expected, and the State Premiers in their Conference at Brisbane in May 1907 passed a resolution against any interference with the existing system, as being likely to tend to the lowering of the position of the states, though the representatives of South Australia expressed the view of the State Government in favour of the change from home to local appointments? None the less, in the Legis- A Bill to reconstitute the Commonwealth on the lines of the South African Union was introduced into the Commonwealth Parliament in 1910 by a Labour member as a ballon d’ essai. * From federation onwards there were constant proposals to reduce salaries, and in point of fact that of the Governor of Tasmania, was cut down to £2,750, and that of the Governor of Queensland to £3,000. But the Governments did not press for local appointments. Allowances were also varied and reduced, and the State Governments of New South Wales and Victoria transferred the Government Houses to the Federal Government for the use of the Governor-General, supplying other houses instead. * Bee Victoria Parl. Pap., 1907, No. 23, pp. 298-301. The question wags

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