MAYOR AND ACTING-PREMIER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 30 May 1919, Page 5

MAYOR AND ACTING-PREMIER.

LEGAfIL OPINION TAKEN

(by telegraph—press association.) WIEILIiINGTON, May 30. Mr j. P. Luke, Mayor of Wellington, has obtained legal opinion, jn relation to the positions of the Prime Minister,and the Mayor in respect to a meeting-of citizens arising out of the dispute with Sir James AU&n in connection with the welcome to Wellington of (General Russell. The opinion states, inter alia.: "By long established custom, the Mayor is the chief citizen, and in all isocialr matters in which citizens are concerned as a-commun-ity it is the Mayor who isf head. The Prime Minister does not represent the Dominion unless specially appointed by the King to do so, and la the Gover-nor-General alone should the Mayor give way .in his own city. X the I^rim© Minister promotes a function in a city the only place he can act as host is in his own house (official or private). If the Governor (wished to call a meeting of oitiaene of a particular city he, would ask the Mayor to call the meet-' ing, and the (Mayor would take the chair." •'' I