. From colony to commonwealth, being a brief history of federation. Together with a record of the festivities and ceremonies which took place in the city of Sydney on the occasion of the proclamation of the Commonwealth in January, 1901. y the colony was in a state of wild excitement. Theminority vote required of 80,000, which had been fixedon the country by J. C. Neild, , was thestumbling block, but the federalists were THE HONORABLE SIR WILLIAM J. LYNE, (),FEDERAL SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS. The following table will show the full vote of thefour colonies on Jun
. From colony to commonwealth, being a brief history of federation. Together with a record of the festivities and ceremonies which took place in the city of Sydney on the occasion of the proclamation of the Commonwealth in January, 1901. y the colony was in a state of wild excitement. Theminority vote required of 80,000, which had been fixedon the country by J. C. Neild, , was thestumbling block, but the federalists were THE HONORABLE SIR WILLIAM J. LYNE, (),FEDERAL SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS. The following table will show the full vote of thefour colonies on June 3 and 4, i8q8 :— Colony. Affirmative VoteRequired. New SouthWales Victoria South Australia .. Tasmania ... 80,00050,000A ,000 Electors Who Voted. For theBill. Against Informl ,520 35.^00 II,7-l6 66,228 22,099 17,320 2,68q 834 1,008 722 262 40 FROM COLONY TO COMMONWEALTH. The feeling in New South Wales at the result of thepoll was that the whole thing was utterly unfair. Therewas a distinct majority of 5367 for the Bill, but J. 80,000 rendered it inoperative. According tolaw the Bill was deemed to be rejected and nofurther action could be taken pursuant to the we are a law-abiding people and settle our differences
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