APPOINTMENT OF COLONIAL GOVERNORS.
' ,- (Eeeeived 9.40 a m.) i ADELAIDE, Thursday. 'in, fhe State Assembly the Premier tafcfed Lord Crewe's despatch with Teference to the appointment of State Governors. The despatch says. "The sufeeestion that appointments should be made from Australian citizens involvs a far reaching change which ;, ,eould not be, entertained in any case unless applied to all Australian States ~ and' not one alone, ana until public OBinion demonstrated^ overwhelmingly *in its favour." The Secretary of State for the Colonies adds- "No donbt much is. to be said m favour of the Canadian system, under which the Central Government appoints Pro vmcial Governors. If the people of /Australia desired a similaT system the Imperial Government, m all pro habhty, would be disposed to advise -the King to meet their wishes."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 26 November 1908, Page 3
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