NO OFFICIAL HOMES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 12

NO OFFICIAL HOMES

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS ; ... •=■ • 1 THREE CANADIAN PROVINCES I •-■ . & [FROM OUB OWN COBRESPOKDm] '} OTTAWA, M»y 5 ' . , T ' In each of tap nine Canadian pro-j vinces the officii head of the Govern* t ment is the Lieutenant-Governor, refh ; resenting the Sovereign. He is appointed 3 by the Dominion Government, whipbo pays his salary, but the expenses of j his office are a charge on the Once each Lieutenant-Governor wasprovided by his province with an ofß-' cial residence. Nearly half a century' ago New Brunswick, for off economy, closed its residence. Ontario and Alberta have followed |rtsi example. In these three provinces the: Lieutenant-Governor has office room W' the legislative .buildings, but . »?£ housing is a matter for his own concern. Ontario and Alberta, like new Brunswick, were moved by a desire to cut costs, and no serious suggestion nMj been made that the post itself w abolished. " • " ~ Ontario's olficial residence, now tor sale, is a magnificent estate caliea Chorlev Hark, and thn residence and its 14 acres of land cost the province about 1,000,000 dollars. It may be turned into a museum. _ The duties of a Lieutenant-Governor are largely formal and ceremonial. « has the right, however, to veto illation, and the rare exercise of tna» power by the Lieutenant-Govern 01 " Alberta some months ago caused a sensation. Later the Supreme C° ur ; - Canada held that he had been his authority. • -I