VICE-ROYALTY IN CANADA.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2709, 17 June 1925, Page 9

VICE-ROYALTY IN CANADA.

ABOLITION OF POST RECOMMENDED. ON SCORE OF EXPENSE. [By Electric Cab.e —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cablo Association.] (Received Tuesday, 10.35 p.m.) OTTAWA, June 16. The abolition of the post of Gov-ei-nor-General was recommended by Mr J. S. Wodsworth, a Labour member in the Houes of Commons, when a vote for expenses for maintaining the Governor-General’s residence was before the House. Mr Woodsworth was supported by another Labour member, Mr Irvine, of Calgary,, both disclaiming any intention of disparaging the present or any incumbent of the post. The recommendation, Mr Woodsworth declared, was in the interests of economy. He thought the Chief Justice of Canada should discharge the duties and save the expense, which he estimated at half a million dollars yearly. The Minister of Railways, Mr G. P. Graham, who was leading the House, said Lord Byng had proved himself a man of the people, a real man and a democrat. .So long as the Imperial Government sent to Canada such men as Lord Byng, he felt Canada would be benefited by the present system of appointing Governors. The discussion then dropped.