COLONIAL OFFICE
PROPOSED SEPARATION OF , „ DOMINIONS. . London, June 28. Speaking at the luncfleon ro -nr. A. Robinson, ■ Victorian Attorney-General, Lord Milner, Colonial Secretary, referred to the controversy over the proposition to separate the overseas Dominions from the Colonial Office. ,• Personally lie thought there was a great deal to he said for I lie transfer. The matter was not one or..extremo. urgency, and would probably not be decided until the great Imperial Conference' of'l92l. ;: '''l'hß ; w6rk of the Colonial Office was so.great and varied that he believed it would be to the benefit :i>f ; the Dominions to . have the work divided. The .Colonial Ollico had long 'ceased to control the self-governing Do minions. The work it now performed '•Was'rather of a diplomatic'character, and it only came to their assistance when asked to do so.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 236, 30 June 1920, Page 7
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