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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944 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [PART IV Colonies and of Rhodesia, together with the territories under the administration of the High Commissioner for South Africa, in a customs union which was concluded in 1903, and renewed in 1906. In connexion with this union the statistical service of South Africa was unified and located in a head office at Capetown. The grant of responsible government to the Transvaal and Orange River Colony seemed for a moment to throw things back : the Intercolonial Council was not a popular institution, and the South African Constabulary was deemed too dear ; as a result the Council was dissolved, the joint liabilities were divided between the two Colonies,! and the South African Constabulary ceased under that name to exist and was replaced by local police forces under Colonial control. For the railways, however, a new board of manage- ment was constituted with five members, two from the Orange River Colony, and three from the Transvaal, which managed the railway system of the two Colonies. It was felt that any attempt at separate management was out of place. The establishment of responsible government was almost at once followed by the rise of an effective demand for a federal government. One sign of this feeling was the discussion of a Federal High Court for South Africa as a Court of Appeal, to some extent in place of the Privy Council, which took place first in South Africa in 1905, and then at the Colonial Conference of 19072 even before the actual issue of the new letters patent granting responsible government to the new Colonies. The causes for the rise of this feeling were various. One important consideration was the railway question : the Cape and Natal were ever at variance with the Transvaal as to the share of traffic from the Rand to the sea. There are three great routes available, via Delagoa Bay, via Natal, and via the three Cape ports of Port, Elizabeth, East London, and Capetown itself. The prosperity of the railways in each Colony practically depended on their success? in securing a considerable proportion of the through traffic, and the Transvaal was thus in a preponderating position. Its hands, * Cf. The Government of South Africa, ii, 4. ! Parl, Pap., Cd. 3523, Pp. 207 seq. * Cf. The Government of South Africa, i, 212 seq; Cd. 3564, Pp. 20 seq.

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