Newfoundland & Labrador Heritage . There was a bicameral legislature - an elected House of Assembly (though Labrador was not represented) and an appointed Legislative Council. The life of the legislature would be extended even additional, and it was accepted that the issues of direct taxation and conscription had to be faced. As a result of financial hardship in 1934, the Newfoundland legislature accepted rule by a Commission Authorities comprising six members (three from Britain and three from Newfoundland) appointed by the British authorities. During this time many dogs had been exported or destroyed and it was only due to a few newfoundlander's breaking the regulation for cockapoo their love of the breed, that the breed survived on the island.