STATE AND THRONE.
POST OF GOVERNOR. "A USELESS EXCRESCENCE." By TclceraDh-Press Association -Copyright Hobart, November 22. In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Earle, Loader of tho Labour party, opposed tho item of travelling allowance to tbo Governor, included iu tho Estimates. He declared that a Stato Governor was unnecessary; tho proper link between the State and tho Throne was tho Governor-General. If tho people wanted pomp and show at thoir ceremonies let them pay for it. It was a tiupot aristocrat that wanted to kowtow a Governor, ■ who desired him to travel to this place and that. The deputy-leader of tho party declared that tho post of Governor was a useless excrescence. The item was struck out by U votes to 9.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1293, 23 November 1911, Page 5
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121STATE AND THRONE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1293, 23 November 1911, Page 5
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