Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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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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URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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CHAPTER IX DIVORCE AND STATUS QuEsTIONS of marriage degrees and of divorce have arisen chiefly in the case of the Australian Colonies, probably be- cause there only has there been no body of opinion suffi- ciently strong to prevent the matter becoming the subject of advanced legislation. Such legislation was rendered im- possible once and for all in Canada since 1867, and the date of admission of the Provinces of British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, by the transfer to the Dominion of the sole power of legislating upon this topic, and the existence of the Roman Catholic population of Quebec and elsewhere in the Dominion. Newfoundland, with a large Catholic popu- lation, is in like case. In Victoria a Bill to amend the law of divorce was not assented to in 1860, but the measure became law in 1864.1 In 1877 and 1879 Bills as to divorce reserved in New South Wales were not assented to, but an Act of 1881 (No. 31) became law. In 1887 a still more im- portant Bill came forward from that Colony. The Bill did not receive the royal assent, but the dispatch of January 27, 1888,% which intimated that it had not been found possible for the time being to advise the issue of an Order in Council confirming the Act, laid down certain matters as suitable tor further discussion in the Colony before a final decision as to the Act was arrived at. The first matter mentioned in that dispatch was the smallness of the majority by which the Bill had passed one of the Houses of Parliament, the Legislative Council; this was thought to show that the measure might not be really wanted by the people, and that further consideration might be desired. The second observation was that the measure would be very ' Parl. Pap., H. C. 196, 1894, pp. 8, 9. * Summarized in Parl. Pap., C. 6006. See also Dilke, Problems of Freater Britain, ii. 282, p. 7; and for the laws, Parl. Pap., H. C. 144, 145, 1894 ; Cd. 1785; New South Wales Debates, xxv. 260, 1079, 1605; Victoria. xii. 814. 827

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