REFUSED TO RESIGN
* PRESIDENT OF NOVA SCOTIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. BY CABLE- -PRESS ASSOCIATION --COPYRIOHI HALIFAX. Jan. 13. The Hon. Jason lVi. Mack, president of the Nova Scotia Legislative Council, has written to the Premier, the Hon. JO. N .Rhodes, refusing to resign on the request, of th,e latter, who wished to appoint a Conservative successor. Mr. Mack, who is a Liberal appointee, states in a letter: “There is considerable doubt a.s to the legal power of this Government to dismiss the President of the Legislative Council. In the circumstances I do not think it in the public interest to adopt your suggestion to. resign my office.’’
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 January 1927, Page 5
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106REFUSED TO RESIGN Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 January 1927, Page 5
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