Queen and Commonwealth
ATURDAY ‘Night Lookouf talks maintain a good standard; some speakers are, of course, smoother and more to the point than others. But neatly always there is some enlightenment to be gained on aspects of international affairs that the mind has glided over in the week’s newspapers. A particularly informative session came last week from Dr. J. F. Northey, who dealt with two topics-constitutional procedures followed by different members of the Commonwealth in the proclamation of a new monarch, and the implications of the Colombo Plan. I was especially interested to learn that, while Canada and Australia had proclaimed Queen Elizabeth Queen of Canada and Australia respectively, New Zealand, in Dr. Northey’s ,words, "slower and more conservative"" had retained the British formula, and to hear his comments on the implication of such action in deter-
mining how far each country had moved towards maturity. On the Colombo Plan, which has brought Pakistan and Indian scholars to this country, he was both convincing -and forceful in assessing the cultural benefits to New Zealand of her sharing in the Plan. Dr. Northey’s delivery is a thought stilted, but his clear and forthright exposition of these specialist tepics made this, to me, of only minor importance.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 660, 29 February 1952, Page 10
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205Queen and Commonwealth New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 660, 29 February 1952, Page 10
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