THE DIBBS FEDERATION SCHEME.
Oittline of its Details,
SroxiiY, Jur.e 14. Sir George Dibbs' Kier to Sir Jobn Patterson, coiitfi-iiiig details of his unification scheme, liai been publislietl. Hd p.-oposi-s that there shall be one Viceroy for the two colonies of Victoria and Now South Wales, one Parliament with two chambers, and one tariff mid excise, a joint debt, and joint railway management land revenue, land law, defence, and postal and telegraphic administration. The Provincial Government are to have wide local powers. The ampins revenue of tho supreme Government is to be apportioned to the provinces, partly on a population basis and paitly on an occupied mileage area basis. Certain departments of tlio Public Service are to be removed from political influence, and have their headquarters some iu Sydney, somo in Melbourne. Ono High Commissioner's establishment in London is suggested; and one Supreme Court. Tlio title of the Federation is to bo " The United Colonies" until the othors coino in, when it should be "Dominion of |Australia,"oy.': United Australia,"
'fottTW Commonwealth Bill drafted by the Federation Convention, an additional charge of £1,325,000 per annum would have been involved, but'effective unity, on the other hand could save the two colonics at least £1,440,000 by reduced interest on debt, gain in railway administration, and savings inothor departments.
The; Sydnoy Morning Herald says Sir George dobs' unification scheme will never be anything more than a dream, Tho whole scheme is a visionary oiie, and it would be waste of time to criticise the details.
• Tho Daily Telegraph looks upon the scheme as a practical annexation of Victoria. Its two distinctive features are originality and audacity. It is original because no Federationist other than Sir George Dibbs would dream of confusius'unification with Federation, and audacious because of its proposal to sweep two colonies out of oxistonce and creato ti new one,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4749, 16 June 1894, Page 3
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307THE DIBBS FEDERATION SCHEME. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4749, 16 June 1894, Page 3
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