SOUTHERN RHODESIA
QUESTION OF FUTURE GOVERNMENT. \ Australian and N.Z. (Table Association (Received Alay 12, 1.45 a.m.) CAPETOWN, May 11. The report of the Buxton Committee appointed by the Imperial Government to report on the future of Rhodesia, has been issued. It regards the principle of responsible government as settled by the last election, and recommends that a scheme be drafted ano submitted to a referendum. If accepted Southern Rhodesia should be formally annexed to the King’s Dominions. The form ;of constitution suggested is that granted Natal in 1893, with reservations regarding natives and Crown lands. In view of the small white population the report proposes in the first instance only one Chamber, of twenty-six to thirty members, and a Cabinet consisting of 'a Premier and five colleagues. As regards Unalienated land, which by a recent decision of the Privy Council belongs to the Chartered Company, the committee recommends the administration by a land board of three members.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10898, 12 May 1921, Page 6
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