SOUTH AFRICAN FEDERATION.
AUSTRALIAN LABOR LEADER’S ADVICE. FA V OHS CENTRA LISE I) CON TROL United Press Association, Copyright (Received Jan. 24, 4.30 p.m.) DURBAN, Jan. 23. Mr. Watson, ex-Premier of the Australian Commonwealth, in '•an interview at Durban, warned the National Convention against followingAustralia’s example in allowing sovereignty to large States. He thought the central Parliament should have much greater control than the Australian. It would he better if it had a f a v more centralised ,constitution. He attributed-little weight to the objection that this mi gilt cause neglect of local demands. LONDON, Jan. 23. The “Times’ ” Capetown correspondent adds that this advice is not entirely palatable to Natal, but is wholly in accordance with the views of the majority of the Convention.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2408, 25 January 1909, Page 5
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