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My Minister of Island Territories recently visited Western Samoa
and the Cook Islands in order to assess at first hand local conditions
and problems in these territories. My Government is fully conscious of
our obligations to the island peoples and will continue to facilitate the
progress of Western Samoa towards self-government in accordance
with undertakings given to the United Nations. The necessary steps will
also be taken to implement constitutional changes approved by
Parliament last year in respect of the Cook Islands and Niue.
You will be asked to consider proposals concerning the registration
of homes for old people, and the distribution of property in the case of
simultaneous deaths.
Other miscellaneous legislative proposals to be placed before you will
deal with alternatives to the present requirement regarding the dipping
of sheep, the registration of motor-vehicle dealers, the revision of the
Second-Hand Dealers Act 1908, the right of domicile of married
women, and the recovery of money paid under a mistake of law. My
Ministers also hope to place certain consolidation measures before you
and a Bill revising the criminal code.
I pray that Divine guidance may attend your deliberations.
BY AUTHORITY: R. E. OWEN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1958
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration10 June 1958
Parliament, Governor-General, Western Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, self-government, constitutional changes, old people's homes, simultaneous deaths, sheep dipping, motor vehicle dealers, Second-Hand Dealers Act 1908, married women's domicile, mistake of law, criminal code revision