THE COMMONWEALTH
APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNOR/ GENERAL f POSITION OF SIR ISAAC ISAACS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) ; , - ~~f MELBOURNE, 10th January. If the terms of the appointment -of-' ! ; Sir Isaac Isaacs as Governor-General, • as issued by Australia House and published in “The Times,” are correct, .Disappointment is invalid. Furthermore,’ any legislation assented to by him.' will ’ not be valid. This was the opinion,giv- ," eii to-day by Sir Edward Mitchell, 'KrCjV' . and Mr Fullagar to the Council of tlfe Combined Empire Societies. Counsel advised that the appointment would'-he. ; contrary to the Constitution, because the power conferred upon the;: King . must be exercised constitutionally, that y. is, upon the advice of appropriate' and responsible Ministers, \yho, counsel state, are British Ministers: ‘ The Acting-Attorney-General, Senator . Daly, said that he was not prepared to admit the assumption that the King, the British Government, and the Prime ! - J Minister had blundered into such an error as the opinion suggested. , SWEARINGEN CEREMONY ; .!' MAY BE POSTPONED ; 'Y : “ ' (Received 12th January.. 10.20 a.m.)rr'--. .US MELBOURNE, This Day. Doubts exist among Federal Ministers as to the legality of the appointment of Sir Isaac Isaacs as Governor-General and the swearing-in ceremony arranged for 22nd inst. may be postponed.. ,■ • Mr Scullin, the Prime Minister, the Acting-Attorney-General Mr DaF* and Sir Isaac Isaacs* had a conference at Melbourne, but no announcement' was made. VIEWS OF DOMINION OFFICE LONDON, 9th January. Though official comment is withheld, the Australian Press Association understands that Dominion Office circles do not accept Sir Edward MitchellV..cpn-V . tention that Sir Isaac Isaac’s appointment is invalid, even to admitting the assumption that the British Cabinet was V not consulted. It is pointed out that*.■•...?■ the 1926 Imperial Conference ed the Governor-General from the* re* * presentation of the British Cabinet.—y
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 12 January 1931, Page 5
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