SEPARATION OF QUEENSLAND.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 976, 14 November 1890, Page 29

SEPARATION OF QUEENSLAND.

By Electric Telegraph —Copyright. [per press association.] I . ’ SIR. S. GRIFFITHS’ MOTION. Brisbane, November 11. Sir S. Griffiths has given notice of motion relative to his separation proposals. In addition to the general idea

previously, cabled, they provide chat the legislatures of the united provinces shall consist of tyro houses, one chosen by the legislatures of the separate provinces, and D} e other elected by the electors, °f the separate [provinces in , proportion to s the- European population. The Governor and the Executive Council of the United Provinces are to be appointed as at present. The United, Government retains control of thA public debt,; external relations with England and other colonies, the question of the admission of new provinces to the Union, the alteration of boundaries, the alteration of the powers of separate legislatures subject to the consent of provincial legislatures, the imposition of. taxation other, than customs duties, the question of borrowing on the public credit of the united provinces, currency coinage, the special laws dealing with natives yrhich are not applicable to the general community, the marriage and divorce laws and railway tariff. : The separate legislatures are to have control of charitable institutions, local railway construction, taxation for provincial purposes, borrowing on the credit of the provinces, and generally all matters affecting internal affairs not assigned to the united legislature.