FEDERAL CHIEF JUSTICE.
MR KINGSTON CRITICISES THE APPOINTMENT.
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Received 1.30 a.m., Oct. 6 Adelaide, Oct. 5. Mr Kingston, referring to the appointment of Federal Chief Justice, said thero was no one who did more to defeat Australian national aspiration in 1900 than Sir Samuel Griffiths. He recalled how keenly the delegates who went to London felt the difficulties caused by his unwarranted interference to induco the Colonial Office to continuo their pressure for alteration of. tho Constitution Bill. Griffiths was undoubtedly the delegates’ chief opponent. Although the appointment as Chief Justice did not augur ill for the future of tho High Court-, he (Mr Kingston) would much rather have preferred to see another more in touch with Australian democratic sentiment and national hopes. Therefore ho thought the appointment a fatal mistako. Concluding, ho said, 11 My accusation against tho Government is that for souio unaccountable reason the essential quality of fidelity to Australia has been forgottou in tho selection of tho chief guardian of the Australian Constitution."
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1014, 6 October 1903, Page 2
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170FEDERAL CHIEF JUSTICE. Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1014, 6 October 1903, Page 2
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