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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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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. IV] THE GOVERNOR AS HEAD 199 customs of his predecessors. The inquiry, however, clearly showed that the Governor had in no wise been to blame ; he asked the minister as to supply and he received a satis- factory assurance, which was not, it seems, warranted by facts. He could not properly have taken any steps further to safeguard himself, and the precedent of the action of Sir Hercules Robinson in 1877, which was quoted as showing the extent of his duty, was fully carried out by him. The result of the election, which was claimed in some quarters as showing that he had acted wrongly in granting a dissolu- tion, was no evidence, as the essential ground of his action was that there was no prospect of a strong Government with- out a dissolution, while after the dissolution he was enabled to secure a Ministry which has retained office until 1911, a considerable feat in view of the varied and contesting parties in the state and the absence of any great dividing lines. In 1907 a very curious incident occurred in Western Australia. The Upper House rejected by two votes a Land Tax Bill, and ministers then asked the Governor for a disso- lution. His action is shown by his speech on closing the third session of the sixth Parliament, on September 19, 1907 : I have to thank you for the earnest attention which you have given to your public duties, and regret that the labours of the Session have been brought to an abrupt and unexpected termination. In view of the rejection by the Legislative Council of a Bill providing for the imposition of Taxation on the Unimproved Value of Land, my Advisers deemed it to be their duty to tender their resignation. Seeing, however, that the Govern- ment retains the full confidence of the Legislative Assembly, I did not feel justified in accepting the resignation, or in complying, under present circumstances. with a further re- quest made for a Dissolution. I am confident in the hope that the proposals which will be presented to you on reassembling will secure that favour- able consideration which any Financial Measure, endorsed emphatically by that branch of the Legislature in which all Financial Measures must be initiated, demands, and which my Advisers consider to be of vital importance to the financial stability and development of the State. Under these circumstances I desire to relieve you for a short

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