STATE GOVERNORS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 249, 15 July 1920, Page 7

STATE GOVERNORS

QUEENSLAND PREMIER URGES ABOLITION OP OFFICE. - „ ' ■ „ London, July 13. Commenting on . the appointment of the Governor of Queensland (Sir Matthew Nathan), the Premier (Mr. Theodore} said ho had suggested to lord J™ shortly after his arrival that no iurther Governor should bo appointed for Queensland, and that the duties of the Governor of tlmt State should be .carried out by the Lieutenant-Governor. Lord ftftner stated tlmt although .1 change m the system of appointing Stale Governors for Australia was sure to come sooner or later, his opinion was that the change would not come until there had been a review bf the relations between the states and the Commonwealth, or at any rate until' the majority of the States had agreed to the change. Mr. Theodore intends to get the other State Premiere to'co-operate with a new to abolishing the office of trovernor and allowing the duties to be oarried out by the Lieutenant-Governors HP 11 recommendations of the State _ Governments. The principal justification for the suggested change is that it wouldl ensure a policy of non-interference with the State, Governments, which on cer--1 occasions have been seriously hindered .through the attitude of Imperiallyappomted Govornors, who imposed their will m matters which only affected locnl interests—Aus.-N.Z. Cable-Asan rSir Matthew Nathan, who has a record of active service in the Royal Engineers dating from 1885, administered the government of Sierra Leone in Sio WO ruT rnor °/ Go,<l Coast in 1000-03 j Governor of Hong-Koii" ■ 190307; Governor of Natal, 1907-09 Secretary to the Post Office, 1909-11; Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue and member of the Pacific Cable Board, 1911-14; Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1911-16; employee! on the defences of London, 1916 • and Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions, 1916-19.] MOTION TO ABOLISH VICTORIAN GOVERNOR DEFEATED ,'Rec. July 14, 10.15 p.m.) tv. r • , Melbourne, July 13. l£e Legislative Assembly negatived a motion providing for the abolition of tho atate Governor.—Press Assn.