THE ANNEXATION CONFERENCE AT SYDNEY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1782, 6 December 1883, Page 2

THE ANNEXATION CONFERENCE AT SYDNEY.

resolutions as .agreed to (the fourth as telegraphed yesterday) is embodied, Mr Whitakers amendment providing for the • guarantee of tvsharo of tho cost of annexation by permanent Appropriation Acts. It is confidently expected that the labours of the Conference will be attended -with unqualified succecs. It is probable that the session will close on Friday next. The committee appointed has prepared a draft of the Imperial Bill defining the constitution and functions of the proposed Federal Council, as reported in] previous telegram*. It is understood that coniplote unity prevails thereon among the delegates to the Convention.

(Received December 5, 1.45 p.m.) London, "December 3. The claims made by France respecting the islands in the Pacific affect the Society Islands, Marquesas and Austral Groups, the Low Archipelago, Rapa and Leeward Islands, including Raratea. The details have been sent to Major Atkinson. Mr Murray Smith ib vigorously supporting Sir F. D. Bell's action in warning the Government that in the event of the Recidiviste Bill becoming law the colonies would resort to defensive measures. It is believed in official circles that proposals to permit convicts to leave their settlements at periods of six months is intended to facilitate labour in the New Hebrides. London, December 4. In its issue this morning, the Daily Telegraph, in referring to the Intercolonial Conference now Hitting at Sydney, hails with acclamation the union of the Austialian colonies, and wishes good speed to the proposed federation.