STATE GOVERNORS.
SHOULD COLONIAL CITIZENS BE ELIGIBLE? ' BjxTelesrraph—Press Association—Cosyrlclit Perth, December 20..: The ' correspondence', between 1 ' the' Imperial authorities and tho Premier, . of Western Australia regarding the resolution passed by-the . Western Australian State Assembly:in November last, year asking the Colonial Oflieo to reconsider ■the question of tho appoint ment .of State Governors, with a view 1 of permitting citizeni-of iho Commonwealth to occupy that office, has been published.. Mr. L. Jiareourt (Secretary of State for the Colonies), in his reply, said that while attaching great- weight to the proposal,' which was supported by tiro Assembly and endorsed by Ministers of the States,, change in the present system could not be entertained unless it applied! to all tho Australian. States and public opinion had demonstrated overwhelmingly in its favour.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1938, 22 December 1913, Page 5
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128STATE GOVERNORS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1938, 22 December 1913, Page 5
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