FEDERATION.
OaitotL Press Association —By Electric Telegfrspb— Copyright. SYDNEY, May 14. Mr Smith, Minister of Mines, speaking at Bathurst, announced that he wouldnot vote for the Federation Bill. He based bis opposition on the bounties and rivers question. May 15. Mr Eeid’s lukewarmness on the federation question is affecting his colleagues. Speaking at Lithgow, the PostmasterGeneral, Mr Cook, declared against the Bill. He chiefly opposed the financial clauses. ' i
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11580, 16 May 1898, Page 5
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