QUEENSLAND.
(Received January 10, 10 p.m.)
, . Bkisijanb, January 19, A banquet was given last night, to Mr Griffiths, Premier,, in the Town Hall. Nearly 250 persons "wore present. In his speech on the occasion the Premier said that the conference to be held in London might be considered of first consequence. As Premier lie would be able to verbally disenss with tlio Homo authorities many matters which he was unable satisfactorily to decide by official correspondence. He deprecated any attempt to force Imperial federation, and urged that undue pressure could only tend to the disintegration of tho Empire. Ho defended the Australasian Federal Council.
Tlio .Canadian barque George Crowe was nearly destroyed by iiro to-day at tho Urisbane wharf. . " .
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7646, 20 January 1887, Page 2
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