FEDERAL CONVENTION.
j PROPOSED CONSTITUTION. Press Association.Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Hobart, February 10. , The Attorney - General is drafting a constitution for submission to the Federal Convention. It will probably be modelled on that of America, as the Canadian constitution is considered too advanced for the present. Under the proposed constitution each colony 'will become a province, elect its own senators and members of the House of Representatives, and be presided over by a Lieutenant-Governor. The senate is to consist of equal numbers of members from each province, and the provincial representation in the House of Representatives is to be one member for every 20,000 inhabitants. The Constitution provides that a General Governor shall be appointed by the Imperial Government. The powers of the Federal Parliament will probably include the imposition of taxation, the question of Customs tariff being left-to the Federal Government, and the administration of defence, postal, telegraphs, marriage, divorce, commerce, coinage, bankruptcy, quarantine, and a federated supreme court.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8487, 11 February 1891, Page 5
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