Chapter 558: Directly Administered Timor State_2

Other small cities were not originally on the rail route planning in Australasia. If they were to be set as the capital, it would require building corresponding railways for temporary capitals, which would be not only time-consuming and labor-intensive but also uneconomical.

In order to show the importance of the newly established three states, Arthur successively participated in the establishment ceremonies of the Capital Territory, Northern Australia State, and Timor State government, as well as the election ceremonies of the state parliaments.

The candidates for governorship still had to be elected by the state parliament, so they can only be concurrently held by the mayor of the capital city, or in the case of Timor, the former colonial governor can temporarily hold office as the governor, waiting for the final election of the state parliament.