THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2006, 3 June 1885, Page 2

THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.

The following canio to hand through the Press Association yesterday afternoon: -In reference to a eablogwif published' some time baok, in which it wbb stated that the Government of New Zealand had agreed to forego clause 31 of Mr Griffiths' federation proposals.and that this had been accepted, it should be explained that the meaning is as follows:—The Representatives of the Colonies at Home, are differing over clause 31, which provides tetany Cp]pnymaywithdraw from tho federal (Joqnpil whenever'jfc •plea§es, flip Agents General of Now Zealand and New South Wales aro favorable to its retention, with an addition proposed by Lork Derby, that on a Colony retiring, it should cease to be bound by the past legislation of the Council. But the New Zealand Government have asked more than this, though it is a stop in the right direction they seek. They have asked that no legislation pf the .Council should be effective until it liaoj bpen adopted separately by the Legislature ijt eacj| : Oqfqpy: Op t!}'e njeraqraiidujii to, the effect reaching the Premier pf Queensland, (Mr Griffiths), lie Suggested, subject fcq the apprpval q'f Yictorja, t))at thp Bjjl might k m famed that Cqlqnies joinjng injgl)telpgt jf tljey iojned.on condition of Federal Council legislation bejng fina) pr subject, as fP RS the Colony joining was concerned, to its legislature subsequently approving and adopting the sqprt'Agts of the Council, Tlje Government of Now Zealand signified that'the proposal would be aocejitnble to thorn, It may scarcely be said that the deoision of the New Zealand Government is not pledged, as the Federal Council Bill contains a provision that it is only to have force in any Colony the Legislature of which adopts it,