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FEDERATION.

THE REFERENDUM IN NEW

SOUTH WALES.

GREAT VICTORY FOR FEDERATION AN IMMENSE FEDERAL MAJORITY GREAT ENTHUSIASM IN SYDNEY

DETAILS OF THE POLLING.

(B> Telegraph from Our Correspondent.)

SYDNEY, June 20.

General spriág-like weather prevails in Sydney. The. rain has cleared off through- out the colony, except at isolated places on 'the coast. Every opportunity will, there- fore, be given for the electors of New South Wales to record their votes in favour of or against the- Commonwealth Bill, and «hereby decid© for .the people of the colonies whether or not federation shall be brought about in the near future. The poll is ex- pected to be a heavy one. Endeavours are ibeing made tx> bring all the electors to the poll. It is a public holiday throughout the colony, and in the- afternoon, wihen many of the places of business aro closed for the day, the interest in the proceeding's will

doubtless become keen.

Later.

After lunch many places of business were closed, and the streets began to assume a busy aspect, and it was apparent that a large number of visitors from the country baa made the trip to Sydney. Their doing so did not prevent them recording their votes, as by a simple production of his electoral right the holder could vote at any polling booth in the colony. In the vicinity of the polling places in the city there was an absence of enthusiasm one way or the other. Crowds, however, col- lected in front of tho various booths, and many vexed questions were for the last time debated ; but so far as election literature or noisy disputations were concerned, there were few indications that so momentous a question waa on the eve of decision. Voting proceeded steadily, however, and the num- ber of votes polled in the city and suburbs largely exceed those on referendum day last year. Beyond the electors on approaching "the entrance to the booths having eaids thrust Into their hands calling on them to vote one way or the other, little elton was made to buttonhole or persuade tliem. The use of cabs to bring reluctant voters to the poll was extremely rare. The piolonged and spirited campaign which had been agitating even the remotest hamlet in the colony had long ere this caused the waverers to decide one way or the other on the ques- tion of the Commonwealth Bill, and it was perhaps deemed advisable by tho leaders of the movement to allow the elec- tors to peasably voto as their consciences dictated. To-day, at all events, the voters were left almost undisturbed. Not until ti o'clock drew near did the excitement become pronounced. Then, as the hour for the closing of the polls approached, largo crowds gathered about tho polling booths, to wait the first intimation of the course of the voting.

The fact that the electors wore permitted to vote in auy electorate led to an excep- tionally heavy vote being cas't alt. the nietro poli/tau booths, as many ot the suburban voters refrained from going to the polling booth until they reached tho etty. For tina reason many of the most populous of tho stibuTten électorale« show poorer totote 'than they would otherwise have done. As tho returns began to come up It. was ap- parent, however, that, despli'te tho lack of pwblic excitement, there nad been a very steady and very big vote cast. The iirst .win was scored by the anti-lbillîtes through ithe labour stronghold of Bail-main North polling 817 against 77E votes for the Cooi maonweaUh Bill, thus rovereing the record ait the last referendum, when the figures ?were 770 for, and 766 against. When these figures weat up the immense uproar from scores of tlhousands of spectators showed that, despiito the comiArat'ive calm to-day, the public were intenscily excited over tîie issue. These cheers were''repeated again and agaia as the federal majority crept up slowly. But by far tho mart striking tecne was provided at 9' o'clock, when the totals, which previously had shown a mar- gin of ahomt 10,000 in favour of union, suddenly displayed, through an aggregation of ret-urns at a mowt particular time, a jump from fi7,G06 for, and 44,820 against, to S2.S14 . ror and CS.OOfl against. ïi) vas at once seen that this jump in the majority in favour of the Constitution settled the fate of the bill. Then, immediately afterwards, anoUier sur- prising increase was displayed, the twtals showing-Yea, 01,704 ; No, 72.520. This showed that the vote of 137,000 polled at the last referendum (when 71,805 votes were given for, and 06,228 agaänst the Mil) had boen completely eclipsed.

The federal leadeis, recognising that their cs.usa was safe Against any attack which could toe made

Parliament, thought itih'is an oppor- tune moment to congratulate New South Wales upon its declaration in favour of union. The headquarters of the federalists were the Elmpire Hotel, opposite th'j " Herald" office, where the returns were töins displayed &s they arrived from the chief returning-offlcer. Fully thirty thou- sand people had assembled here, and vthen first Mr. Barton, then Mr. Reid, next Mr. Wiso, and finally Mr. O'Connor, the greit federal uuortotte, appeared at an upstairs window of the hotel, tho enthusiasm was indescribable. The cheering lasted fully ten minutes, and It must have been most gratifying to Mr. Reid to find, when he showed himself, that ho was so zrandly .welcomed as to Drove that he still held a very firm place 'in tho hearts of the people. Mr. Barton's devotion to federa- tion -was equally warmly re-cognised. The federal leaders delivered short addresses to the crowd below, ibut, owing to tho ova- tion accorded thom, it was only possible to gueps at the 'meaning of the speeches. ?Whait was said, however, was to convey to the people of Now South Wales congratula- tions that they, had decided to set the seal irpom au Australian nationhood.

The federalists also assembled In great numbers ïn iront of the *' Dany Tele- graph" office, which was vtewed as an anti-<blllite stronghold. There were some attempts at disorder there, and a little flouilbag throwing was indulged in, but it ?was quidkjy repressed, the crowd con-tent ins itself with repeatedly chefering Uh-e> fedenal majority whfoh was there exhibited.

A COMPARISON.

The votes cast everywhere show a won- derful advance over those of the last refer- endum. In the city, 21,571 votes were re- corded, against 11,337 last year, the majority being for, Instead of against. One of the most remarkaWe features in the election was that the five city divisions, which at last referendum decided against federation, malnitained the adverse majority. The vot- ing in the Premier's constituency-the King Division-Was phenomena!. Over 5000 votea were polled in excesB of those recorded ladt year. This is due to the number of suburban éjec- tons voting there. In the suburbs, the majority agaänst the bill was reduced from 2595 last year to 803 this year. Newcastle and Illawarra polled for the bill, instead of against. The sugar distrlots were favour- able, and in the Riverina the vote for tue bill was overwlrelmiDii.

" " TBB POLLING.

The following are the detail^ of the poll-

ing .

CITY DIVISIONS.

Foi. Aga i u st. Belmore. 709 53J Bligh .-. ñyj .152 Cook . 70O 513

Denison'.;. . Kio SJj« Fitzroy .?.. * 62G 777 Flinders .*. 531 191 Gipps .\.. 953 1277

King . 3G2S 2922 Lang . 1392 1509

Phillip .- S6S GCO

Pyrmont . 4SG S23

Totola for the ?lty .... 11,023 10,546

SUBURBAN KHMCTOiRlVTIEa.

'For. Against. Annandale . 781' 721 Ashfield . 8TU S92

Balmain North.,.. 773 S17 Balmain South. 1117 1010 Botany . 7GG 506

Burwood . 740 734

Camterhury :'..'.. 74« 812 Darlington . 723 740 Glebe . 1099 1002

Granvulle_. 914 706 Leichhardt . S2G 874 iMarnckvüJle .» 860 < 1164

Newtown (Camperdown) ... 993 839 Newtown (St. Peter's) '. 68S 812 Paddington . 993 1010 Parramatta. .V 775 982 Petersham . 952 990 Randwick . 7H4 820 Redfern . SGI S39

Ryde ....'. 8431 9G? St. George . 91« 1108 St. Leonards ., 970 1107 Waterloo ..'. 799 703 Waverley ..._. 10111 961

Warnlttgal ."." S5-1 ¿23 W'lllough'by .'.. 908 1208 Woolahra »..<,.,. 650 SOO

Sufburban totals .£*4,217 25,020

.COUNTRY ELECTORATES.

For. Against. Albury »^.... 732 333 Alma ..'.. 607 26S Argyle . 1171 753

Armidale . 1121 90S Ashburnham ..<. 919 958 Ballina . 317 247

Bathurst . 1148 513 Bowral. 653 595 Barwon (incompleto) . 491 202 Bingara (incomplete) . 650 488 Burrowa (incomplete) . 498 745 Bega (incomplote). 599 125 Braidwood . 45G C52 Bourke (irrccmiplete). 63G 223 Broken Hill . 1249 ' 43S Clarence . 563 522 Ochar . 8G9 475

Cowra . M)0 558

Camden . 69G 831

Condobolin . 675 46S Coonamble ., 539 505 Durham . 6S8 523 Dubbo . 750 712

Deniliquin . 1305 ' l18 Eden-Bombala ., 99S 150 Glen Innes . 625 408 Grafton . S17 342

Grenfell (incomplete) . 1175 370 Gloucester . 5S5 44G Goulburn ". 733 871 Gunnedah . 632 453 Gundagai _. 880 384 Hume . 1172 1S2

Hay .:..>.,.'. 1036 1C9 Hawkesbury*.. '... .<i\_i_ 537 1118 Hastings and ^Macleay :... 82C 451 Hartley ....'. 638 604 Inverell . 381 278

Illawarra_. 777 70S Kahibah . 001 672

Kiama ._. 593 567 Lachlan ._. 692 127 Lismore .._. 988 207 Macquarie . 535 648 Macquarie Weat'Otacioimipleite) 7S1 542 Maitland East . 582 52,1 Maitland AVesb . 1116 532 Manning . 626 617 Moree . 493 35')

Moruya ._. 770 fi23 MonLiro . 8121 202 Mudgee . 1049 i)39

Molong.... 490 516 Murrumibkigee ..'. 938 321 Narrabri . 639 384 Nepean . GIO 835

Newcastle East . IU;') 779 ?Newcastle West . 520 173 Northumhe*rlaaa*(inwmp!Sate) 121 12901 Orange (incomplete) . 103S 777 Queanbeyan (?lncoznjpl'Ote) .. 538 d21 Quirindi (incömpHote) . r.84¡ 593 Raleigh . 715 469

Richmond . 782 304 Roberton . 1040 664 Rylstone ...". 598 3S3 Sherhroke . 50S 735

Sturt . 476 171

Singleton .'. 0G8 589 Shoalhaven. 673 598

.rje Murray ,.'...'.. 2110 , 19I Ten'tei-field .,_...'....".. 599 199 Tumut .,],»,.:. 9'}2 431 The Tweed.!.'.. 701 203

UralU-Waleha . 384 399 Wagga Wagga. 1033 277 Wilcannia . 717 183 Tamworth . 582 538 Wallsend . 760 918 Weratah . 771 648 WeiUtiworitlh (inewmptete) .... 555 70 Wellington (mlconjpiete) ... 907 1027 Wickham . 717 721 Woronora . 637 811

Yass . 629 650

Young (incomplete) . 101S 581

(A number of returns other than 'those marked " incomplete" aro nocoasarlly in- complete, although not specified.)

THE TOTIAIL RETURNS.

For . 101,200

Agniust. 79,670

Majority. '21,5SO

AFTER THB VOTING

1MTERÍVTÍEIW WITH MR. BARTON.

'Mr. Barton is triumphant over the results. He said to-nd&M thai the response of the people to the clarion call had been generous and magnificent. It had prove! irrefutably that tho people of Now South Wales would not consider-our fellow-Australians separated tram us by shadowy lines as 1kg worthy than ourselves to join with us in makins an Australiüai.-nation.

MR. R'DTD INTERVIEWED.

The Premtter says ?-*" X think it is seen now, in view of the marvellous demonstra- tion to-night, that wo ußver knew till now what the fedeaal enthusiasm really is. With regard to myself, I think it will now he acknowledged that the course I pursued from the beginning,, puzzling as it may have been, was the best. Our victory is greater even than I anticipated, aal, what Is better, tho majority of "21,000 is unanswerable. What can our opponents sa y to it ? My hope now is that, the flgáit lielng over, both sidec will work harmonJixisly together for tho good of a United Australia. So far as I can see, there is no reason why the Imperial Government Act should not be passed, briuglng fedurtvtion into existence during the cession wheoh is now approach- ing, and which should end about February of next year. All thiit will be necessary on our part is for an -i address to the Queen t» be passed by both. Houses, and there can now be no vafeü oh$3ctjon raited against that ccurt>e m oithor House. We shall, foi thafmatter, be protably a united federation early m the ensuing yoi".

A QUOEJNEUMN-D MINIES; TJEJR LM SYDLNTBY

Among those who ad¿Teesed the crowd

from the lünupJre llbtel was the lion. J. Murray, Queensland Minister for RblVways, who, on hehali oí (the Gove minent of Queens- land, expressed the -phfjrsui re and satißlaöäon afforded by the ^plend»! i «ote rast in favour of union. Queensland wo uld have no aliter native, he said, bint no HJbrio w the lead of Now South Wales, and identify herself with the great movement as«osie-»ef the States of a

United Australia.

CONGRATULATIONS FltOM VICTORIA.

MEJJíOajRNB, June 20.

The Premier telegijjphc d to Mr. Reid to

nl«irt coagnrtulutious^ ^¡«r. Turner enid it

would be'necessary tovgfve Queensland tiA*

to come into line with the other cojontea. He intended to introduce tho Federal En- abling Bill in the Victorian Parliament aa

soon as the Address in reply - has been. - adopted, and the vote on the bill will, ber. taken about the end of July.next. /

THE FIE-EUTNG . IN .-MiE-LiB.piJ!R!NlE.

The result of "the reaoron^aim was re-

ceived here with protfound saitisiaotiou. At the Athenaeuira CJtiib there was a large gathering of politicians, and the ultinosit en .t/h-usiiasm was manifested, while the general feeling was one cf unqualified pleasure. Tthe Mayor forwarded congrtitü'laitory wires to Messrs. Barton and Rfid.

ANTI-BILLITES INTERVIEWED."

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DR. MACLAURTN AND SIR GEORGE

DIBBS INTERVIEWED.

SYDNEY, June 20. . The lion. Dr. MacLaurin, on being inter- viewed to-night, said : It has been a good, stand-up fight. We have had against us

the Government, with its enormous power, , and all the principal platform speakers m New South Wales, and I believe we have had against us the silent influence of the denominational ecclesiastical bodies. Under the circumstances, it is gratifying to find that there are 75,000 people in New South. Wales who have not been carried away by sentiment, but have listened to the voice of argument. It is a very pleasant re iiection by the opponents of the bill that they said nothing which would wound' the feelings of their . onnonents In the slightest degree. Of course, as was- ex- pected, the majority in favour of the bill baa been mainly derived from the Riverina', and adjoining districts, which, so far as their material interests are concerned, consider1,, themselves entirely Victorians. Considering; that tho minority' against the bill is so great,

I think we have the right to ev->| peet that! further modifications) will, bo ¡made in it, so it may bo brought Jn-to a condition in which- New South Wales eau accept it as'a.wihode. For mj? 'part, I .think that equal rejtresontaJtion in tihe Senate is a blot upon the b'J-ll,..wlh!oh -even Uhe majority acknowiedfee shiooild be re-

moved. .As.for the "Braddon.toilet,", even ita-1 warmest advocates have boen si-lent in the.1 'field of argument.

.Sir George Diihlbs says : When two. horses go for a nace only one can w>in. Wo wera heavily handicapped. at haying the entero >, force of the Governme'n't, meambers of winch. I have turned their ? coats on the . question,-i agalndt us, amd we have bids and bobesj

offered to public senvanlts, and to every class, j and we have afeb had againöt us tihe silent' conspiracy of the wtbole-af itflieOhurclhes^ We. have had t!ho muzzling of stiaitästioians, aurt' the wl.tlih'oU'dii-ng. from the people of faota and figures, which if, furnished might have produced a ditfl'eronit result. . . We have had Uhe free use of Meilltíourne money, and the, result te tlhht we harve been defeated after jj good fi'gSht; I have ndtihüng to say as to the result of the .referendum. The voice of the i people must rule, and the future will prove that the opinion Of the 75,000 who'-voted against the bill: .was. niglhit, and . tihat the ( calialm.ïty prodidted to accrue to ".the colony, will be realised.

'RiHFERENiDTJM DAY IN QUEENSLAND.

Speaking in the ¡Assembly yesterday, the Premier mentioned that, provided the vote in Now South Wales was favourable, the referendum in Queensland would be taken on the 2nd September, which day would :be pro-

claimed a public holiday. . :J.il''.' ' C",

LETTERS TO EDITOR.'*

SIR TOBOMAS M'mWR'AtTT'I-r 'A1ÍD THH

SUGAR INDUSTRY.

Sir,-In thus momentous question of feder- ation, will you permit me to draw atten- tion to the portion oT Sir Thomas Äf'il wralfh's letter relating to sugar ? Ho says.:-"At the last Queensland election considerable stress was laud on the fact that the sugar industry and the squatting in- dustry would "clearly .ibenofit by federation. To mo the (benefit is not apparent. In the event of federation, Now South Wale? is alble, and will increase her efforts, as .l cane-sugar growing country. Both she and Victoria-, will undoubtedly compete with Queensland for the supply of their own' markets, at loaist by beot sugar." Now, supposing Queons'laTul docs not federate, what will ¡bo her position ? New South Wales will have the full benefit of the protection duties. She will have the mar- ket oif all tho federated colonies, and, as' Sir Thomas Mcilwraith, says aibov.e,. " she is alble, and will increase her efforts, as a carie-su'gar growing country." Sha cer- tainly Is a'ble, as she has thousands of acres of scdendld land on the Northern rivers yet untouched, and ia Sydney thero are thousands of :pounds. at the present mo- ment waiting good investment. go it is not at all improTjalble that, within ftyo. years' time, 'New South Wales. might sup- ply the entire federated colopies With sugar. Where, then, will Queensland come in ? "Where will sha sot 'a market for her sugar ? Not in England, as to sell there is to sell at a loss. Not. in Aus- tralia, as that market would ho gpno from her. To ino it appears to plain as the sun at midday that ? for Queensland not! to federate means utter, and irreparable ruin ijo her sugar industry.

' If, on tho other hand, Queensland does federate, sha cannot ibe- ousted out of her trade by either Now ' South Wales op Victoria, for tho simple reason that tho .can produce sugar 'cheaper than either ol those colonies-so much ¡cheaper that, it the industry goes to the wall- in any oí the "colonies, it will ho Queensland who will tie the survivor. : Hor sugar -'.industry will (boom and flourish. Let all the Industrie.! affected toy sugar pauso and think . what tho diifferenco will foo to thom «between n prosperous <aud a dying sugar trade. Let the sawHiniU owners ponder the matter. ¿Let the iron workers ponder it. Let the merchants ponder it. Let tho working men ponder, it, aud jud'go it 'for themselves on its own merits. Lot the Downs -farmers ponder it, arid think of tho . effect ot thousands of acres thrown out of. sugar, and put into wrar-s wM-cii will icompote with themselves. So momentous is tho ques- tion, so wido-'Spread would "bo the effects of à crippled sugar in'du'atry, that no one can really form . an, idea of the darna;:« that would bo done the colony. What shows the fallacy of Sir Thomas, M'll wi'alth's reasoning is .this : He wants ua to ¡bellevo that (New-. South, Wales will take our - sugar industry from ; us it we federate : althouigh then we will a}l be protected equally, all be sailing in the eiizoo .(boat ; Wu-o thati should .wei n <c federate, our industry will then flourish, althouffh we wfill- hav|e a heahsy <h$y against us.- In other-words, that wo will lose the trade when wo are at no disad-

vantage, but will be successful when wa are working under great disadvantage, and have a heavy duty against us.-I am. sir, &e., W. A.

' WHDO^AITfrCXN. OOUO-tTAB. .

'Sir,-tit is surprising that tho federation ists-and-anti-federationists have not adopted colours to distinguish thídr respectivo par-

ties. -Besides savin's au immense amount1 of confusion, it would give an idea,of the strensth of each party, it. the " F's" and " AF's" were to adopt a distinguishing badgo or colour. Red-which, I believe, is the royal colour of England-would bo appropriate for tho federatilonists ; and.

I say, groen for the auH-'federationists.

am, sir, &c" 'FEmBRlATTOfNtrST..

IMr Israël Zangwiii whoso works on modern Jewish life aie so wall known, lives with hii> two brothers at Kilburn, in a house which is full of inteitistrog objecta which he has picked up in the course of his tra\els in placeo mentioned in his books

Mr '¿a, lgwlll was educated m the Jews' , lflroe School and excopit roi that has never liad an} help in his hie and owes his pre sont position entirely to his own exertions and aoilttj Mr Zaagwlll has nest the boat of hoalth, and suffers much from depression of spirits which rondel's frequent change and travel absolutely necessary

Mr T H Schwehcr British Consul

Goneral at Berlin in a report oa the Intro- "" duction and working in Germany of the taxamèter, etatej that at the present timo there are In Berlin abolit ¡>000 cabs Of this number 1500 are second-class and about

6500 first-class 5C00 of the latter being pro-1* vlded with tíu» juikatar.

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