Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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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:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter II. The commonwealth of Australia

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CHAr. 1m] THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 787 to necessitous states; (4) a further guarantee of territorial rights by requiring the assent of the electors to the alteration of state boundaries, and a special provision for Queensland ; (5) the application of the deadlock clauses to the amendment of the constitution itself. Moreover, a private agreement was come to that the federal capital, which was not to be within 100 miles of Sydney, was to be near the limit ; until it was chosen the capital was to be Melbourne. A new referendum was now taken under the authority of Colonial Acts ; in June, New South Wales was carried for federation by Mr. Reid by 107,420 to 82,741 votes, while the other Colonies * repeated their votes, and Queensland in September also carried federation by 38,488 to 30,996, the south and Rockhampton opposing the Bill. Then the five Colonies passed addresses to the Imperial Government for the enact.- ment of the Bill as an Imperial Statute, and sent home delegates to further the passing of the Bill. The Govern- ments of Western Australia and New Zealand, which had held aloof since 1891, also sent in memoranda asking for a right to join, and in the case of Western Australia pressing for various customs concessions, and the promise of a trans- continental railway, basing this request on the analogy of the procedure which led to the inclusion of British Columbia in the Dominion. At home the discussion turned almost wholly on the terms of the clause relating to appeals? Tt was proposed by the Bill as drafted to exclude all appeals from the High Court ' Victoria by 152,653 to 9,805 ; South Australia, 65,990 to 17,053 ; Tasmania, 13,437 to 791. * The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Bill (Wyman & Sons, London, 1900) contains the negotiations and Imperial debates on the Bill ; 3ee also Quick and Garran, pp. 228-52 ; Clark, Australian Constitutional Law, pp. 335-57. The other points were less important: the delegates admitted that the Commonwealth laws were subject to the Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865, and the provisions as to merchant shipping (s. 5) were discussed and left to stand. New Zealand asked to be given a right to join, an appeal to the High Court without joining, and joint power as to naval and military defence. See also Parl, Pap., C. 6025, 6466 ; Cd. 124, 158, 188. The Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne Debates are all printed, 02

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