. 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. DOW. ^J^^ee Pass=words:—STYLISH. PERFECT=FITTINQ. CHEAP. Telephones—Nos- 17 and 776- SUTTON & CO., General Carriers and Contractors,Custom House Agents, - - ^ ,W. Military Forces Contractors, Head Office—Corner of YORK and MARKET STREETS Branches in all Suburbs. (Opposite Sunday Times.) Stores—33 Pitt Street, and Crown Road, Pyrmont, Sydney. We undertake th
. 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. DOW. ^J^^ee Pass=words:—STYLISH. PERFECT=FITTINQ. CHEAP. Telephones—Nos- 17 and 776- SUTTON & CO., General Carriers and Contractors,Custom House Agents, - - ^ ,W. Military Forces Contractors, Head Office—Corner of YORK and MARKET STREETS Branches in all Suburbs. (Opposite Sunday Times.) Stores—33 Pitt Street, and Crown Road, Pyrmont, Sydney. We undertake the Removal of Machhiery, Merchandise, and all kinds ofgoods anywhere. Pack and Remove by Road, Rail or Sea. Parcels and Baggage delivered in all Suburbs daily at lowest free. Good dry storage accommodation. FROM COLONY TO COMMONWKALTII. 45 Bruce Smith, Mr. R. E. OConnor, Mr. Carruthcrs, MrMcMillan, and others. It was a splendid fii:::^ht, for theopponents of the Bill were in dead earnest, and theyfought as the men of our own race can fight when theirblood is up. None of us have any need to be ashamedof the manner in which the fight was conducted. It was war to the knife from beefinninof to end. In order. HON. JAMES GEORGE DRAKE (QUEENSLAND), FEDERALPOSTMASTER-GENERAL. to show clearly the result, we append the followingtable :— Colony. For the Bill. Against. 82,741 17,166 79130,996 Majority New South Wales. Victoria South Australia ... Tasmania Queensland 107,420 152,653 65,616 ,488 24,679142,848 48,45012,646 7,49^ Totals 377,614 141,499 236,115 46 FROM COLONY TO COMMONWEALTH. The votino;- in the city was as follows— Yes. No. City SuburbsCountry 11,019 ,926 10,546 ,958 Totals 107,420 82,741 Taken by electorates, the vote shows 79 electoratesfor the Bill, and 46 against—or a majority of ^t, forunion.
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