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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1304 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V Chief Justices in all the larger places as almost a matter of course, and the K.C.M.G. is hardly ever conferred on a judge unless he also administers the Government from time to time, as in the case of the Chief Justice of Canada, although this rule is not absolutely without exception, as in the case of Sir Pope Cooper, C. J. of Queensland, but he would normally have been expected to administer, and his case is therefore not normal. The Knighthood ! also is an appropriate mode of recognizing the services of other than official persons. Minor officers in the Civil Service are provided for by the Imperial Service Order, instituted by His late Majesty King Edward. This Order can be given either for long and meritorious service or for service of special distinction, and it has been conferred on many distinguished public servants in the Dominions. Appointments to other Orders of Knight- hood are rare in the extreme, though they are not unknown. Such as they are, they are in the main confined to the Order of the Bath, which has been granted in a good many cases to military officers for Colonial services, and in some cases to Colonial military officers. Membership of the Royal Victorian Order has been conferred in certain cases, but only bo persons who have come into personal contact with royalty. Governors also receive honours as a matter of course. The State Governors in Australia and the Governor of Newfoundland receive the K.C.M.G. as a rule, and the G.C.M.G. is appropriate to the Governors-General of Canada, ' Baronetcies are rare ; SirS. Way in 1899 is an exception; also Sir E. Clouston, Canada, in 1908, Sir C. Tupper in 1888, and Sir J. Ward in 1911, a creation which evoked a bill brought in by a member of the opposition in New Zealand to forbid the use there of hereditary titles. Many Australian statesmen (e. g. Mr. Gillies, Mr. Higinbotham, Mr. Jenkins) have refused to be put forward for any honour. Peerages in such cases as those of Lord Strathcona, 1897, Lord Mountstephen, 1891, and Lord de Villiers, are very rare, and in the first two cases the recipients reside in England. The Crown has also recognized one French barony in Canada and a Maltese nobility. An hereditary Upper House with baronet- cies was proposed in Canada in 1791 (31 Geo. III. c. 81, gs. 6-11), but not carried out; cf. Shortt and Doughty, Docs, rel. to Const. Hist, Canada, p. 665. *e.g a CV.0. was given to Mr. J. Popo, Under-Secretary of State. Canada. on the occasion of the Prince of Wales's visit in 1907.

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