Correspondence with Sir Edward Harding (Dominions Office), January 1915-April 1938

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Content Summary:

Subjects include: visit to Australia of Duke of Gloucester; Victorian centenary celebrations; activities of Archbishop Mannix; communication with Dominions Office via Office of Governor General; Dormant Commission appointing Huntingfield Acting Governor General; use of civil uniform in Australian states; Sir Stanley Argyle's views on State/Commonwealth relations and honours system - his visit to London; appointment of Sir Geoffrey Whiskard as High Commissioner in Canberra; Empire Airmail scheme; visit to Queensland; photographs of Government House; ceremonial of assuming acting Governor Generalship; Major General Squires; delights of Canberra; pension rights. (90p.)

Items of interest include:

Lord Huntingfield (Sorrento) to Sir William Irvine (Toorak) (17/02/1935) re Dormant Commission.

Sir William Irvine (Melbourne) to Huntingfield (19/0/1935) re precedent in matter of Dormant Commissions.

Sir Edward Harding (London) to Lord Wakehurst and Sir Leslie Wilson (8/04/1938) re holding of investitures by State Governors. (Copies)

L.Harcourt (London) to Sir Arthur Stanley (Melbourne) (8/01/1915) re investitures. (Copies)

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