. 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. gazine, and to-morrowthe world may be plunged into a war such as man neversaw on earth. Yet, through peace and war, throughcloud and sunshine, we are ever rising higher, andtending towards universal federation, and our newlyconsummated union, blessed by the law, is the harbingerof larger federations in the davs to be. The words ofTennyson are really the expres
. 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. gazine, and to-morrowthe world may be plunged into a war such as man neversaw on earth. Yet, through peace and war, throughcloud and sunshine, we are ever rising higher, andtending towards universal federation, and our newlyconsummated union, blessed by the law, is the harbingerof larger federations in the davs to be. The words ofTennyson are really the expression of the drift of theages and a scientific statement of what must come,and the wise men look forward to the time when, as thepoet says :— The war drum throbbed no longer, And the battle flags were furled, In the Parliament of man The Federation of the world ! Looking back over the long list of confederatorsspread along the course of history, it is interesting tonote that one of the earliest was that of the GrecianKings (or Chiefs) who besieged Troy. That semi-mythical war has much to teach us to-day, dim andfar-away though it is. The Greeks federated to conquer m. 6<)rdiner ^ €o. cimited, YORK and CLARENCE STS., Sv^ id Patterns and,..Quotations suppliedon application. *? Gvcr^ class of.,. Soft Goods stocked and Special Goods fortbc Island trade con=Stan fly .?^
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