BETWEEN TWO GOVERNORS
The arrival in Canada last week of Sir Cyril Newall is a reminder of the fact that we shall soon have a new Governor-General. It also emphasises the fact that it is difficult to make such changes in war-time. For there can’t be two Governors in a Dominion simultaneously. When Viscount Galway is on the ship going down harbour en route to England, he is still Governor-General of New Zealand, as his appointment ceases only when he leaves New Zealand territorial waters, three miles from the coast. Similarly, Sir Cyril Newall’s office commences when his ship enters territorial waters. He is Governor-General before he sets foot on New Zealand soil. The constitutional authority is a Dormant Commission dated July 23, 1917, and gazetted in the New Zealand Official Gazette (1924). This authority provides that between the departure of one GovernorGeneral and the arrival of the next, the Chief Justice (or in his absence the Senior Puisne Judge) automatically becomes Administrator. In this case the Hon. Sir Michael Myers becomes Administrator of New Zealand. By custom, the Administrator usually lives at Government House. There is another act on the Statute Book which allows a Gov-ernor-General himself to nominate a Deputy-Governor, usually the Chief Justice, to carry on in the Governor-General’s temporary rine! from New Zealand for a short period, such as a visit to Australia. e
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 85, 7 February 1941, Page 8
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228BETWEEN TWO GOVERNORS New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 85, 7 February 1941, Page 8
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