ILLNESS OF KING CREATES FEELING OF UNEASINESS.
(Special to the “ Star.") WELLINGTON, December 5. The illness of the King has cast a shadow over the New Zealand Parliament and there is a distinct feeling of uneasiness on the score of his Majesty’s condition. This in some meaure has resulted in the cessation of some of the activities of the three political parties, each of which is hoping that the worst will not happen. However, should his Majesty succumb to his illness the constitutional procedure as far as the New Zealand Parliament is concerned is quite clearly defined. In the demise of the Crown Act it is provided that “the General Assembly in being at any demise of the Crown shall not be determined or dissolved by such demise, but shall continue as long as it would have continued, but for such demise, unless it is sooner prorogued or dissolved by the Governor." The Act also stipulates that at the first meeting of the General Assembly after the demise of the Crown members shall take fresh oaths of allegiance to the sovereign for the time being.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18629, 5 December 1928, Page 11
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185ILLNESS OF KING CREATES FEELING OF UNEASINESS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18629, 5 December 1928, Page 11
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