The Federation Question.
(Per Press Association.) Melbourne, July 21. In the Assembly, in Committee of the whole, the Acting-Premier, in a lengthy and elaborate speech, explained the provisions of the Federation Convention's Draft Bill, and made special reference to the financial and railway proposals as affecting Victoria. He said the adjustment of interstate finance* would be a most diffcult problem to solve. Adelaide, July 21. In the Council, on the Federation Bill, an amendment was adopted reducing the Governor-General's salary from £10,000 to £8,000. Sydney, This Day. In the Council the Attorney General vijorously denounced tbe Federation Bill. He said faderation would be a better name than federation. When the colonies lost the protection of the mother oonntry and were threatened with outside danger it would be time enough to think about a union but not until tfaat contingency arrived. New South Wales ought not to be called upon to make larger sacrifices than the other colonies on merely sentimental grounds.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 19, 22 July 1897, Page 3
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161The Federation Question. Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 19, 22 July 1897, Page 3
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