THE COMMONWEALTH BILL.
SO TUB EDITOR. Sir, —Some twelve months ago jour court* esy permitted roe to pilot an essay—caption, ‘ Unity or Union.’ Mr Chamberlain’s recently-published despatch prompted looking up a copy, and in it 1 find this sentence; “ The most important of the proposed alterations is, however, • the remodelling of the appellate jurisdiction. . . . What binds the Empire with' more solidarity than the inalienable right of every British subject to appeal to the Privy Council "I . . . Even the Dominion of Canada has wisely made provision for this being always permissible. Do these men wish to found an Australian 1 Republic ’ ? If so, let it be referendum ‘Yes’or ‘No.’ It requires no ‘ power of prophecy to foretell'the answer.” . One trusts the Conference of Premiers’now a sitting in Melbourne will see 'the dbgehby of this despatch of Mr Chamberlain’s, and not wreck the Bill, after so'muofe trouble in getting to its present stage. Mr Seddon lihr with dignity maintained New' Zealand’s attitude from the inception of this somewhat Republican measure.—lam, etc., Junius April 20.
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Evening Star, Volume 11221, Issue 11221, 21 April 1900, Page 3
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172THE COMMONWEALTH BILL. Evening Star, Volume 11221, Issue 11221, 21 April 1900, Page 3
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