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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Identifikator:: 1896934455

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

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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CHAP. 1] THE GOVERNOR 23 Canadian system under which the Central Government appoints provincial governors, and if the people of Australia were to desire to adopt a similar system His Majesty's Government would in all probability be disposed to advise His Majesty that the necessary steps should be taken to carry out their wishes. 7. So far, I understand there has been no indication that the States, whose contention is that they remain sovereign States, would desire that their prerogatives should be diminished, and the evidence of such sovereignty is in part secured by making the appointment of Governor in the same manner and on the same terms as prior to federation. 8. I am sending a copy of this despatch to the other State Governors and to the Governor-General. This dispatch formed the subject of discussion in the Queensland Assembly in 1909, in the Victorian Assembly in 1910, and in the Assembly of Western Australia, where a mem- ber of the Labour party brought forward, on September 7, 1910, a motion to use Government House as a site for the University, with the idea also of terminating the appointment of a Governor from home. But it was agreed almost unani- mously that the plan was not a desirable one, and the motion was rejected, it being felt that if anything were to be done it must, as suggested by Lord Crewe, be done by the State Governments acting together and approaching the Imperial Government. It isindeed clear that the change could only be made when the states have decided to abandon in some measure at least their independence. There are, moreover, obvious objections to the selection of the Chief Justice as Governor :1 as head of the Executive he would have to exer- cise the prerogative of mercy, and though he would normally act on ministerial advice, yet it is clear that it would be impossible to treat the matter in anything like so satisfactory a manner as at present, when the Executive and the judiciary are normally independent. Nor is the force of this objection ! The Chief Justice also has local ties, and recently the Chief Justice of Tasmania was accused of misusing his position as administrator to obtain information of pecuniary value, though the charge was declared unfounded by the Commissioner who examined into it ; see Hobart Mercury, May 14, 910.

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