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

Digitisation:: 2022

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

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922 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [PART Iv of which notice has been given at any time within fifteen days after the ordinance has been laid before the House. It may be added that ultimately no doubt the Colony of Fiji, the Protectorates of the Solomon Islands and the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, with the little Colonies of Ocean and Pitcairn Islands, Fanning and Washington Islands, and the innumerable guano islets under the British flag, will fall to be controlled directly by the Commonwealth and New Zealand, according to some well-conceived scheme. The whole Cook group was annexed to New Zealand in 1900 at the urgent request of Mr. Seddon,! and he then asked for the annexation of Fiji to the Colony, but Sir W. Lyne protested on behalf of New South Wales, and the Colonial Office have not assented yet to transfer the islands. Tonga? is still a protectorate with a local Government under a ‘ King’, who acts in important matters on the advice of the British Agent there, while the New Hebrides? are a condominium shared between France and England under the Convention of 1906, and governed in a singularly complicated manner. The development there of British interests has suffered seriously from the fact that the Commonwealth has not been able to provide a preference for crops grown by aid of coloured labour in her markets, for they would compete with crops raised by white labour, and nothing save a substantial preference seems likely to be of avail. § 10. THE ALTERATION OF THE CONSTITUTION In the case of the Commonwealth Constitution two principles are adopted. In the first place, in all minor matters the Parliament is expressly permitted to alter by a simple Act.* For example, Parliament can divide the state into Senate electoral divisions, fix electoral divisions for the Lower House, alter the quota, can decide with regard to ! Bee Quick and Garran, op. cit., pp. 639, 640. * Parl. Pap., C. 9044; Cd. 38, 786"; Colonial Office List, 1911, p. 383. * See Parl. Pap., H. C. 385, 1881; C. 3814 (1883); 5256 (1888); Cd. 1952 (1904); 2385 (1905); 2714, 3159, 3160 (1906); 3280, 3289. 3300, 3523, 3525 (1907); 3876 (1908); The Law of Tonga. 1907. ' Quick and Garran, op. cit., pp. 647, 648.

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