AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION
NEW ZEALAND AND THE COMMONWEALTH. MELBOURNE, March 23. Including Sir George Turner, four Protectionists have boon returned, although the Hon. A. McLean, ex-Premier, is supposed! to have revenue-tariff leanings. SYDNEY, March 23. Lord Hopetoun has been notified that Mr W. T. Taylor, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, will represent that colony at the opening of the Federal Parliament. (Received March 24. 5.22 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 24. Tho “Sunday Times” says that the lack of Australian interest in the doings of the New Zealand FddeXal Commission should convince tho people of New Zealand that the two countries are too far apart to be bound together by any other ties save those of commercial reciproc.ry and general friendship. “Let New Zealand follow her own path,” says “The Times,” “possessing our best wishes. She may rest assured that there are many on this continent who sympathise with her noble aspirations and hope for the complete fulfilment of her destiny.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4314, 25 March 1901, Page 5
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