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Sydney, May 21. The mter-State conference re assemble? at Sydney during the first receSs of th| Federal Parliament, to conside,r : tho Federal navigation laws, ij; ? Melbourne, May 91. Mr Groom (Queensland) has moved the Address -in-Ee ply. He objected to raising the Federal revenue by direct taxation. Me Crouch (Victoria) iiecontUid Address, and declared for a' Monroe doctrine in the South Pacific. ' He referred to an allusion by Mr Barton, who said, “ If you want toknow about Fiji as# Mr Seddon.” . .. r Mr Barton explained that the allusion was jocular, but Mr Crouch did not regara it. as such: He said that he trusted tha« however friendly they might be with Nefr Zealand, they would not admit a second Commonwealth in the Pacific. Mr G H. Beid claims that there are 57 Beyenue Tariffists, 52 Protectionists,Wfi| two doubtful in both Houses. "7 ■*w (« S'- v"»
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 154, 25 May 1901, Page 1
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148The Federal Parliament Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 154, 25 May 1901, Page 1
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