A GREAT CHANGE
MR, THOMAS'S HOPE
LONDON, 3rd December. Mr. J. H. Thomas, Secretary for the Dominions, in commenting on the appointment, says:—• "It is a great change and innovation, which I hope and pray will be a success. For the first time in the history of the British Constitution, the King has appointed as Governor-General a very distinguished Australian." Newspapers are giving great prominence to the appointment. The "Daily Express" describes it as the first illustration of an historic change in the constitutional relationships between tho Dominions, and the Mother Country, arising from tho Imperial Conference. The paper proceeds to emphasise that the announcement was made from Australia House; not, as hitherto in such cases, in the "London Gazette." A third point of extreme interest, adds the paper, is the wording of the announcement: "The King, on the recommendation of Mr. Scullin, has appointed," etc. The paper also points out, that in the present case, the Dominions Office was unaware of the appointment until the announcement was made from Australia House.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 134, 4 December 1930, Page 9
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172A GREAT CHANGE Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 134, 4 December 1930, Page 9
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