CORONATION OATH.
South Africa no Longer Tied To Britain. GEN. HERTZOG'S STATEMENT. CAPETOWN, February 5. In the course of the debate in the House of Assembly on the Coronation Oath Bill, which passed its second reading, members of the Dominion parly asserted that the measure proved the Government's determination to maintain the divisibility of the Crown. The Prime Minister, General Hertzog, replied: "We no longer belong to Britain. We are no longer tied to grandma's apron-strings. We now stand or a par with her." The bill does not give the actual terms of the oath, but declares: "An oath shall bo administered to the king at his Coronation, the purport of which shall be that he will govern the people of the Union according to statutes agreed upon in the Union Parliament and according to their other laws at< customs; and that he will cause law, justice and mercy to be executed in all his judgments."
General ITerlzog said the liill provided the common form of oath to which the Governments of the Dominions had agreed. Also it provided for the. Governor-General to appoint a, person to administer the oath, or to ■α-ranpc with any other Dominion for a collective oath "in a form to be agreed upon."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 9
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