The Federal Commission.
OPPOSITION TO FEDERATION,
MR ROLLESTON’S IDEA.
By Telegraph—Per Press Association. Auckland, last night. The Federation Commission, sitting at Auckland, opened to-day, all the witnesses being opposed to Federation. The Hon. W. Rolieston said that a mutual federal tie without any surrender of local autonomy would be to the mutual advantage of Australia and New Zealand. Common interests could be regulated by a commercial treaty.
The evidence of the other witnesses was mainly a repetition of that given in the South. v
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 54, 5 March 1901, Page 2
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