FEDERATION

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2901, 17 February 1891, Page 3

FEDERATION

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in i.i.Krri;;'- n:i i:..i: \vn ■< ■■.■i-vntiJiiT.) SvitNKY. February 1-1. Till', Government, hiive i-sui'! VIM) in-viliilion-i to a federal baiKjuet: tn Iμ •rivirn lit the il''leu'ates and others, in llie Centennial Hall, on the evening nf the 'Jnd Mnreh. Invitations huvi been i--ued to id.- .Mayors of th«. me! ro|iolitan cili'-s in the e.ilniiies, members of Ihe I ,i'v.'i.-l:tl me of New S nitli Wales, Judy's of tb" Suj.nnie Cii'irt, naval and military i>tli"er>, iii-nt'i-siiir- of th'' Fiiiver-.it v, and

lending citizens. Sir llereules writing 1o Sir Ifeiiry I'arkes on the ijiiestioii of federation, coiisideis that the Custom.-, lariir" and other diilieiiiti.-s must be left, to ,1. fedeial Tarliaiiient to deal with. He apprehends that it would be impossible to ",-ef, the various colonies to njrri'e to a uv.iform tariff bcforehiiiid. but by a uive-and-take policy a federal Parliament could easily coiiif to a decision which would be Mcceptabl' . He concludes : -Perhaps New South Wales would have to adopt a little protection : and, little as I like protection it woidd be a cheap price to pay for the union." ifoiiAUT, February Hi.

The Attorney-General e\phiins that the federal constitution sshenii! lie is draftiuir ts not intended for submission In the Federal Convention, and its object is merely to have it privately discussed by Tosmmimn delegates. Co]lies of the scheme he states were marked confidential, and the publication of details was a breach of confidence.