Sir Isaac Isaacs, the Chief Justice of Australia, who has been appointed Governor-General of the Dominion, is as qualified to interpret the law with regard to his appointment as any other authority, Mr. Scullin, the Prime Minister, declares in a statement which he has issued here following a conference he has had with Sir Issac immediately on his return from London. The statement has been issued in reply to various statements made by certain legal authorities, the latest of them by Sir Edward Mitchell, the eminent constitutional authority, that Sir Isaac’s appointment as Governor-General is constitutionally invalid and that any legislative bills to which he gives his assent as Governor-General would also be invalid.
Arrangements for Sir Isaac’s swearing-in ceremony are being proceeded with and if the King’s Commission arrives by next mail as is expected, will take place on Thursday, the 22nd. inst.
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