In view of the Muldoon government appointment of former National Prime Minister Holyoake as New Zealand's next Governor-General, people in this country would be well-advised to study the position of the Australian Governor-General. "Sir John" Kerr, particularly since his recent resignation.

Kerr's resignation was a direct result of the pressure put on him by thousands of people from all over Australia following his sacking of the Whitiam Labour government on November 11th, 1975. This is not idle supposition — Kerr himself stated that the reason for his resignation was the enoumous amount of antagonistic feelings his actions had aroused within Australia.

Nor were the people opposing Kerr only longhaired students and leftist trade-unionists. Old-age pensioners and suited office-workers were just as common as them. Kerr was jeered and booed at all manner of functions — at athletics meetings, race meetings, opera performances, — there was no place he could go in Australia without coming face to face with the contempt Australians held him in. As a former (and well-known) member of the legal profession he was once invited to attend the law society annual dinner in Melbourne — even there, on his own territory, a significant number of lawyers strongly opposed him before walking out of the dinner.