IN THE FEDERAL HOUSE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8097, 28 September 1904, Page 2

IN THE FEDERAL HOUSE.

(Received September 27. midnight.) MELBOURNE, September 27. Sir William. Lyne. gave notice for October 9 in fa.vorof opening without delay, negotiations with the Imperial Government with a view, if possible, of the establishment of preference between Britain and Australia.

MELBOURNE, September 28. Mr Watson considers that Australia should now take some steps to indicate to tho Motherland what preference to trade she is prepared to grant. The President of the local Freetrade Association has cabled Sir H. GampbellBannerman that the message of the Chamber of Manufactures to Mr Chamberlain is representative of the self-interest of manufacturers, but not of the Australian people.