IMPERIAL HONOURS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18357, 24 March 1923, Page 6

IMPERIAL HONOURS

OPPOSED EN QUEENBLAKO. APPOINTMENT' .OF .. GoVJ^|^^g; -; [n&OJt ' OUR OWN COBBKSI'OKMfcwKM .; : SYDNEY. Mwch . ' 1 The Queensland Labour movement \t it had its own way, would 'abftjdftJftHH gether the office of State Governor. %, constitution stand?, '•' in the ; way, howevit The movement has decided on what it ! considers the next best thing, by mak™* as a new plank of the Labour platton* the abolition of the system of Imperial!, appointed Governors, who, it insists, iHSI instead be appointed on the nomhHtJl, of the State Government. . ; ;-^^S| This was agreed to at the recent State Labour Conference at Rockhamptort On* delegate wanted to "go the whole hog" and moved for the abolition of the office. On the advice of the Premier, Mr Theodore, however, this was not carried out. Mr. Theodore pointed out thfiMilll was impossible of achievement. In y. present circumstances there was no power •;*' : ' in Queensland to do it. If they an Act to-day it would have ''to jjfipjs reserved for the assent of the Imperial authorities. He had taken up the qus*if!jl tion with the Imperial authorities in 1920 and had been informed that whenever the Australian States decided on choosing local Governors the Imperial \ v i&|lt| thorities would agree to it. At present they. had the following alternatives tZ They could appoint Imperially-appointed Governors or a Governor locally chosen or, as in Canada, havo Governors appointed by the Governor' General. All the Labour niovemeijf, hoped to achieve was : 'to"''jtet|l|l someone chosen on the nomination of the State Government who would act on;ths;il?l advice of local Ministers, and would ;S&M|I as a channel of communication between them and the Imperial authorities. iSr^g^g A further plank was adopted, on%S§§| motion of the Premier, that there ;bejjjo%l§l further granting to Queer.slanders of Imperial honours, more especially tlu>i»ll|l which confer titles upon the recipients. ------—= 'c- x?V •": -1