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Advertiser 4 January 1897 p. 4 cols. D,E. Editorial. 'Australian federation.' 'Should no unforeseen accident occur, Monday, January 4, 1897, may in the future be regarded as the formal starting-point of Australian federation. The proclamations in the several colonies, bringing the Federal Enabling Acts passed by their respective Parliaments into force today, constitute a formal and tangible as well as an initial step. Hitherto everything has been tentative and provisional.'
Advertiser 8 January 1897 p. 5 col. B. 'The Opposition and the Federal Convention'; 'The Federal spirit.' 'The blight of profound indifference on the part of the contracting colonies threatens to fall on the whole question of federation . . .'
Advertiser 13 January 1897 p. 4 col. I. 'The Federal Convention.' 'The Federal Convention elections . . . very little local interest is being shown in the contests.'
Advertiser 18 January 1897 p. 4 cols. F-H. 'The Federal Convention.' 'The course of federation is still running far from smoothly . . . We do not mind entering a partnership, but we shall decidedly object to being swallowed up . . .'
Advertiser 19 January 1897 p. 5 cols. G,H. 'Dr O'Reily replies to Dr Jefferis.' [Dr Jefferis: 'If one section of the church is represented then the others should be too.']
Advertiser 20 January 1897 p. 6 col. C. 'Federal Convention elections. Address by Sir Richard Baker.'
Advertiser 21 January 1897 p. 4 cols. H,I. 'The Federal Convention.' [Selection of delegates to the Convention; meetings held by members of the Opposition at Parliament House; and United Labor Party members.]
p. 5 col. G. 'Australian federation. Federal Council meeting. The Conference of Premiers.' '. . . Hobart, where the Federal Council will meet . . . and at which a Conference of the Premiers of all colonies for the purpose of considering various federal issues will also be held.'
p. 5 col. G. 'Political discussions. The federal capital.' 'The question of the surrenders New South Wales will have to make to the other colonies was discussed among politicians today.'
Advertiser 22 January 1897 p. 4 cols. G-I. 'The Federal Convention.' 'The Executive Council yesterday approved of the regulations under the Federal Enabling Act, and they were afterwards gazetted. The nominations are fixed for February 12 and the polling for March 6 . . . We do, however, strongly support the suggestion as one of immediate urgency that the Federal Convention ought to be held in Adelaide.'
p. 6 col. A. 'The Federal Convention. Election of delegates. The Regulations. The Federation League. Reconsideration of dates asked for.' [Date of Convention election.]
p. 6 cols. A,B. 'Effective voting at the Election.' '. . . a meeting was held to discuss the method of election for the Federal Convention . . . Miss Spence presided . . . She had that day the greatest satisfaction in seeing that for the first time in the history of the world the Hare-Spence system had been successfully carried out . . . the system was now in operation in Hobart and Launceston . . . Miss Spence showed the great advantages to be secured by proportional representation as against the present system, by which a majority of one could prevent a minority, however powerful, from having any representation.'
Advertiser 23 January 1897 p. 6 col. C. 'Federal Convention. The mode of election.' 'A deputation from the Effective Voting League waited on the Acting-Premier [F.W. Holder] . . . to ask that the effective voting system might be adopted in connection with the election for the representatives of the colony at the Federal Convention.'
Advertiser 25 January 1897 p. 6 col. G. 'The Federal Convention. Meeting at Woodside.' 'Mr R. Caldwell, M.P., said the district of Onkaparinga was the first in the country to recognise the responsibility which would shortly be thrust on their shoulders, and he congratulated the Chairman on the steps he had taken in convening the meeting.'
Advertiser 26 January 1897 p. 4 cols. G,H. Editorial. 'The Federal Capital.' 'Now there are some very good reasons why neither Sydney nor Melbourne should be the Commonwealth capital . . . Adelaide alone among Australian capitals fulfils each and all of these conditions.' [Federal capital requirements.]
Advertiser 27 January 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Federal elections.' 'For the first time in Australian history an election contest will be conducted in which several neighbouring colonies will have both direct and mutual concern . . . A personal element has brought with it a new and piquant sensation, so that within the last week or two federation has had a kind of boom.'
Advertiser 28 January 1897 p. 5 col. A. 'The Federal Convention.' [Cost of the Convention to South Australia] p. 5 col. H. 'The Federal Council. Opened by Lord Gormanston. The address in reply. Federation question. Chief Justice Way's appointment.'
Advertiser 29 January 1897 p. 5 col. H. 'The Federal Council. New Hebrides question. Succession duties.'
Advertiser 30 January 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'Federal organisation and movement.' 'The Federal Council has to meet every now and then to save itself from extinction. It does a little, but it cannot do much, for the sufficient reason that it lacks the support of New South Wales and South Australia. The absence of intercolonial unanimity, more than anything else, has hitherto deprived the Federal Council of all chance of an active and growing life. And in that fact lies what should be a useful moral. How can we hope for success from the Federal Convention with Queensland and Western Australia unrepresented? . . . There is no doubt that the Commonwealth scheme is too ambitious. It has never gained the approval of the Australian people, who would prefer, to begin with, something simpler and less expensive . . . For our own part, we greatly doubt whether a complete federation will ever be achieved per saltum. The first requirement is a federal union of limited jurisdiction. We want to preserve the maximum of State rights . . . An Australian nation will not be created simply by drafting a pretentious federal constitution. Nations grow; they are not manufactured.'
p. 5 col. C. 'Australian federation. The Federal Council. Address to the Queen. The Naturalisation Acts. Federal quarantine. The proceedings concluded.'
Advertiser 1 February 1897 p. 3 col. G. To the editor. 'Why federate?'
p. 7 col. D. To the editor. 'Federation.'
Advertiser 3 February 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The Federal campaign.'
p. 4 col. G. 'The Federal Convention.' 'The campaign in connection with the election for the Federal Convention was opened on Tuesday night, when the Treasurer gave an able and interesting address at the Burra, and Mr V.L. Solomon entertained a moderate audience at the Adelaide Town Hall . . . [Solomon] regretted the small attendance, but realised that as yet federation has not got much of a hold on the country.'
Advertiser 4 February 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The Federal Convention.' 'If public interest is not thoroughly aroused in the question of federation, it will not be for the want of public speaking.'
p. 4 col. H. 'The Federation Convention.' 'The first formal nomination of a South Australian delegate for the Federal Convention was that of the Hon. J.H. Gordon.'
p. 5 col. G. 'The Premiers' Conference. Meeting at Hobart. Important resolutions.' [Kingston 'pressing the claims of Adelaide' as the place where the Federal Convention should be held.]
p. 7 cols. D,E. 'The Federal Convention. The election campaign. Mr Copley at Minlaton.' 'He did not think South Australia need fear the responsibility of throwing in its lot with the rest of Australia, for they were practically all of one race.'
Advertiser 5 February 1897 p. 4 cols. H,I. 'The flight of the Premiers.' '. . . to visit the mother country and take part in the forthcoming national celebration of her Majesty's record reign.'
p. 5 col. F. 'Federal Convention. Meeting at Hindmarsh.' 'Mr V.L. Solomon deserves praise for forcing on the electors of South Australia the important question of federation.'
p. 5 col. H. 'The Premiers' Conference. Further important resolutions. The proceedings concluded.'
p. 7 col. C. 'Federation speech by Mr J.A. McPherson, M.P.' 'He hoped the working classes would take an intelligent interest in the elections.'
Advertiser 8 February 1897 p. 5 col. D. 'Federal Convention. Mr V.L. Solomon at Port Adelaide.' 'Mr Solomon deserves more than passing praise for thus taking upon himself the onerous task of raising a comparatively apathetic public to the very important subject of federation.'
Advertiser 9 February 1897. p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The Federal Council and the New Hebrides.'
p. 5 col. D. 'Federal Convention. Mr Solomon at Glenelg.' 'A considerable number of ladies were present, who evinced the greatest interest in the question.'
p. 7 cols. A,B. 'Australian federation. Address by Mr J.H. Symon, Q.C.' 'The attitude of the people on the subject was at present somewhat apathetic, and therefore he asked them to rouse themselves and not to leave it only to the more restless spirits to make the choice of candidates.'
p. 7 col. B. 'Australian federation. Messrs. McGregor and Batchelor at Mount Gambier.'
Advertiser 10 February 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The Federal Campaign.' 'How is the apathy that certainly prevails to be accounted for? To a large extent we believe the explanation to be the want of confidence in a movement which is proceeding without intercolonial unanimity.'
Advertiser 11 February 1897 p. 4 col. I, p. 5 col. A. 'Fanning the Federal flame.' 'Federation is not dead. Neither has it gone before. Rather it lags behind . . . Any real live interest in the election is mostly conspicuous by its absence.'
p. 5 col. F. 'The Federation League.' 'The secretary of the Australasian Federation League in South Australia has . . . forwarded a circular to the mayors of corporations, chairmen of district councils, branch leagues, and other organisations, calling attention to the importance of the approaching election of delegates to the Federal Convention . . . This League therefore suggests that you should call a public meeting with a view of creating and stimulating interest in the federal movement among all classes of the community.'
Advertiser 12 February 1897 p. 4 cols. G,H. Editorial. 'The Federal Convention.' 'Those who are endeavouring to stimulate the somewhat languid interest of the public in federal questions are obviously thinkers and not merely opinionated men . . . Public apathy is not, we think, to be explained by want of understanding and appreciation of the definite issues involved.'
p. 4 col. I. 'The coming Convention.' 'Thus far it [federation] has not moved the free and enlightened electors of South Australia to any great extent.'
p. 4 col. I, p. 5 col. A. 'Federal candidates.' 'At noon to-day a not over-curious public may learn, if it so desire, the names and number of the gentlemen who seek to serve the colony at the great Federal Convention.'
Advertiser 13 February 1897 p. 2 col. C. Election notices. 'Federal Convention. Miss C.H. Spence's candidature.'
p. 4 col. H. 'The Federal Convention.' '. . . the interest in the coming Convention is, the for present at any rate, only lukewarm . . . The nomination of Miss Spence, the persistent advocate of effective voting and the only lady who has thus far entered the lists, evoked quite a hearty outburst of clapping.'
p. 4 col. H. 'A lady federationist.' [C.H. Spence] 'This is absolutely the first time in the history of Australasia that a lady has sought election at a political contest . . . the legality of her nomination has so far not been challenged.'
p. 5 col. E. 'South Australian candidates. Thirty-three nominations.' [List of candidates.] '. . . the only nomination which evoked any expressions of approval was that of Miss Spence, authoress, the only lady who is contesting the elections.'
Advertiser 15 February 1897 p. 4 cols F,G. Editorial. 'The Federal Campaign.' 'Her [C.H. Spence] appearance as a candidate is further noteworthy as an assertion of women's political claims. The candidature of Miss Spence appears to us . . . an advertisement given to effective voting and the women's cause.'
p. 4 cols. G,H. 'The Federal Convention.' '. . . perhaps South Australians will now regard a little more favorably the great question in which but little interest has thus far been shown.'
Advertiser 16 February 1897 p. 4 col. H. 'The Premier on federation.' [C.C. Kingston] '. . . spoke with all his accustomed vigor, and was loudly cheered for his insistence on a democratic federal constitution with adult suffrage and the single vote. He was not a federationist at any price, and said the powers to be given to the Federal Parliament must be carefully defined.'
p. 7 cols A-E. 'The Federal Convention. Address by the Premier. The Government Federal Policy.' [C.C. Kingston's address as a candidate for the Federal Convention to electors at the Town Hall.] 'May South Australia lead in the democratic van in federal equally with provincial affairs.'
Advertiser 17 February 1897 p. 5 col. H; p. 6 col. A. 'The Federal Convention. The election campaign. Messrs H. Taylor and D. Williams.'
p. 6 col. A. 'Meeting at Port Adelaide.'
Supplement. 'Federal Convention. Address by Mr J.H. Symon, Q.C., at the Town Hall, Adelaide, on Monday, February 8, 1897.'
Advertiser 18 February 1897 p. 5 cols. G,H. 'The Federal Convention. The election campaign. Dr Cockburn at Strathalbyn.'
p. 5 col. H; p. 6 cols. A-D. 'The Hon. J.H. Howe at Gladstone.'
Advertiser 19 February 1897 p. 6 col. F. To the editor. 'Federation.' [Includes 'Anti-federationist.']
p. 7 col. A. 'The Federal Convention. The election campaign. Dr Campbell at Quorn.'
p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'Federation.' 'It is clear from the speeches of candidates for the Federal Convention not only in South Australia but in other colonies that the general opinion is in favor of a more democratic scheme of federation than that embodied in the Commonwealth Bill.'
Advertiser 20 February 1897 p. 9 cols. C,D. 'Federal Convention. The electoral campaign. Mr Parsons at Gumeracha.'
Advertiser 22 February 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. 'The federation campaign in New South Wales.' 'There is nothing like a religious controversy for the development of warm feelings and the use of strong language . . . Federation, after being thrust into the cold so often, has now become the burning question in New South Wales, with religious and personal elements to fan the flame.'
Advertiser 23 February 1897 p. 4 col. H. 'Federal Convention at Adelaide.' 'Adelaide is to be the meeting place of the Federation Convention of 1897.'
p. 5 col. G. 'The Federal convention. West Australia to be represented.'
Advertiser 25 February 1897 p. 6 cols. A,B. 'Federal Convention. The election campaign. The Chief Secretary at Port Pirie.'
Advertiser 26 February 1897 p. 3 cols. D,E. 'Federal Convention. The election campaign. Meeting at the Town Hall.'
Advertiser 1 March 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. 'Federation and party.' 'Local party issues, as we have pointed out on previous occasions, should not be imported into the present federal contest. At the same time it is simply absurd to contend that federal policy can be determined wholly without reference to the principles that govern parties.'
p. 5 col. A. 'Federation Party tickets.' 'The Council of the National League has issued a circular, urging on all its members the necessity of voting at the approaching Federal election.'
p. 6 col. D. To the editor. 'Miss Spence's candidature.' 'I have the strongest desire to give the results of a lifetime of reading and thought, of experience and travel, towards the work of laying the foundations of a great nation on the secure basis of righteousness and peace.'
Advertiser 2 March 1897 p. 6 cols. G,H. 'Federal Convention. The Premier at Goodwood. Party politics.'
Supplement. 'Federation by the Hon. Sir R.C. Baker, K.C.M.G.' 'The following articles on Federation from a South Australian point of view were written for the Country Press of South Australia . . . they are now reprinted as a whole.'
Advertiser 3 March 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'Contested Federal questions.'
p. 6 col. A. 'Federal Convention. The Election campaign. Miss Spence's views.' [Gawler meeting.]
p. 6 cols. A,B. 'Mr John Jones at Hindmarsh.'
p. 6 col. B. 'The Progressive League.'
p. 6 col. B. 'Australian Federation. Meeting of the Council of Churches. [Sydney] Recommendations to the Convention.'
Advertiser 4 March 1897 p. 2 col. F. Electoral notices.
p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Scrutin de Liste.'
p. 5 col. G. 'The Federal election. Copy of the Ballot-slip. Voting strength of the colony. Resume of the speeches.'
p. 5 cols. G.H; p.6 col. A. 'Views of the candidates.'
p. 6 col. A. 'Woman's Christian Temperance Union.' 'Mrs E.W. Nicholls, the president and suffrage superintendent of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, has issued this circular to the members on the subject of elections: The future of Australia may largely depend on our vote on Saturday, March 6, for the delegates to the Federal Convention.'
p. 6 col. A. To the editor. 'Effective voting and the federal elections.' [C.H. Spence.]
p. 6 cols. E,F. 'Federal Convention. The election campaign. The Hon. J.H. Gordon's views.'
Advertiser 5 March 1897 p. 4 cols. G-I. Editorial. 'The Federal Convention.'
p. 5 cols. H,I. 'Federal Convention. Election of delegates. Voting in the Eastern colonies. New South Wales; Victorian elections; Tasmanian elections.'
p. 6 col. D. 'Federal Convention. The election campaign. Mr T. Burgoyne, M.P., at Quorn'; [Untitled article.] 'The United Council for Woman's Suffrage (Victoria) desires to call the attention of the men and women electors of South Australia to the urgent importance of securing votes to women under the new federal constitution . . . It appeals more especially to the women electors of South Australia - who alone of all Australian women have the privilege of voting for the federal candidates - confident that they will strain every nerve to attain the end in view, in the knowledge that they are working not only for their own advancement but for justice to their voiceless and therefore powerless sister women throughout the colonies.'
Advertiser 6 March 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Federal election.' '. . . it is of clear importance that South Australia should give some indication, by its election of members of the Convention, of the lines of federal policy on which it is willing to advance.'
p. 5 col. E. To the editor. 'Female suffrage and federation.'[C.C. Kingston.]
p. 5 col. G,H. 'The federal election. The polling day. Hints to electors.' 'It is your duty as a patriotic citizen to vote for the ten best men'; 'Copy of the ballot slip'; 'Australasian Federation Convention. Election of ten representatives'; 'Every Assembly elector votes.' '. . . every man and woman whose name is on the roll can exercise the franchise'; 'The strength of the roll'; 'The scrutiny.'
Advertiser 8 March 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Federal election.' 'Why so much indifference should be displayed in this colony it is not easy to explain, unless it is assumed that a very considerable proportion of the people have no real anxiety for federation.'
p. 5 cols. E,F. 'The Federal election. The scrutiny incomplete. Three Ministers leading. Details of the voting.'
p. 5 cols. F-H. 'The metropolitan districts; The vote in the country.'
Advertiser 9 March 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The Federal election.' 'A vast majority of the enfranchised people apparently take little or no interest in the question . . . The success of the Government has been most gratifying. Half the members of the Ministry will be in the Convention . . . We make no concealment of our regret that every one of the Labor candidates has been defeated.'
p. 5 cols. G,H. 'The Federal election. The elected ten. Three ministers lead.' [C.C. Kingston, F.W. Holder, Dr Cockburn, J.H. Gordon, Sir Richard Baker, J.H. Symon, P. McM. Glynn, Sir John Downer, J.H. Howe, V.L. Solomon.]
Advertiser 10 March 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The recent election.' 'The election of federal representatives last Saturday was a somewhat dull and spiritless affair . . .'
Advertiser 11 March 1897 p. 5 col. F. 'The Federal election. Australia's choice. Scrutiny practically complete.' [Tables of results.]
p. 6 col. E. To the editor. 'Effective voting.' [C.H. Spence.]
Advertiser 15 March 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. 'The "Federal Spirit!" ' [Adelaide as the meeting place for the Federal Convention; Melbourne "Age" 'bitterly resentful' that Melbourne has been not chosen.]
Advertiser 17 March 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Federal Convention.' 'For the first time in the history of Australia the people have selected gentlemen to frame collectively a national constitution for their acceptance or rejection.'
p. 4 col. H; p. 5 col. A. 'Making ready for guests.' [Preparations at Parliament House.]
Advertiser 19 March 1897 p. 4 cols. F-H. Editorial. 'Points of Federal policy.'
p. 5 col. A. 'The Federal Convention.' [Entertainment of the delegates]; 'The Constitution builders.'
p. 5 cols. A,B. 'Personnel of the Convention.'
p. 5 col. B. 'Experienced federationists.' [Lists those who assisted in framing Commonwealth Bill at Convention held in Sydney, March and April 1891]; 'That £2.2s a day.'
Advertiser 20 March 1897. p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'Declaring the Poll.' '. . . we believe its members, one and all, will conscientiously do their best to advance the federal cause and South Australian interests connected with it.'
p. 4 cols. H,I. 'The Federal Convention.' [Arrangements for recording the Convention; Parliament House preparations]; 'Telegraphing Convention news.'
p. 9 cols. H,I; p. 10 col. A. 'The Federation election. Declaration of the Poll. The speeches.'
Advertiser 22 March 1897. p. 4 col. G,H. 'The Federal Convention.' 'On Saturday a "Gazette Extraordinary" was issued, which contained a proclamation certifying that the delegates in South Australia had been duly elected.'
p. 4 cols. H,I. 'Arrival of the delegates.'
p. 4 col. I. 'The train arrangements. Hotel accommodation. Entertaining the delegates. Visiting Pressmen.'
p. 5 cols. H,I. 'The Federal Convention. Meeting in Adelaide. "One people, one destiny." Personnel of the Convention.'
p. 5 col. I; p. 6 cols. A,B. 'Biographies of the Members.'
Advertiser 23 March 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. 'The Convention opened.'
p. 4 col. H. 'Photographing the Convention. The Church and the Federal Parliament.'
p. 5 cols. G,H. 'The Federal Convention. Opening proceedings. Mr Kingston elected President. Mr Blackmore Secretary.'
p. 5 col. H. 'A petition on women's suffrage.' [From Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales.]
p. 6 cols. C,D. 'The opening of the Convention. Seats of the members.' [diagram]
Advertiser 24 March 1897. p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'Beginning de novo.' 'The simplest plan would have been to accept the Commonwealth Bill as the groundwork of the federal constitution to be framed . . . [but] the Convention yesterday charged Mr Barton with the duty of drawing up a series of resolutions as the basis of federation . . . the resolutions are now the subject of a discussion which may continue for some days. It is proposed that when the resolutions are agreed to they be referred to three Select Committees.'
p. 4 col. H. 'The Federal Constitution.' [Petition from Woman's Christian Temperance Union: '. . . urges the Federal Convention of Australasia to secure in the Federal Constitution the provision that all voting by electors for Federal Parliament be upon the basis of equal rights for both sexes.']
p. 5 cols. F-H. 'The Federal Convention. The second sitting. Petition for adult suffrage. Work definitely begun. Mr Barton leads.'
p. 5 col. I; p. 6 cols. A-C. 'The Convention banquet. A brilliant gathering. Four Premiers speak. Eloquent speeches.' 'There were over 200 gentlemen present, and they included the leading lights of the political world of Australasia . . . A number of ladies watched the proceedings from the galleries.'
Advertiser 25 March 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'Democratic federation.'
p. 4 col. I. 'The Convention at work.' 'The oratory was all of a high order, and the Convention is full of skilled debaters.'
p. 5 cols. G-I. 'The Convention. The third day. Another prayer from ladies. The basis of federation. Some stirring speeches.'
Advertiser 26 March 1897 p. 4 cols. F-H. Editorial. 'Nationalism and State Right.'
p. 4 col. H. 'The Chairman of Committees.' [Sir Richard Baker]
p. 5 cols. G,H; p. 6 cols. A,B. 'The Convention. Fourth Day. Message from the Queen. A Chairman of Committees. The Federation basis.'
Advertiser 27 March 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'Federal power and franchises.'
p. 5 col. A. 'The Clerk of the Convention.' 'The gathering is happy in having such an ideal secretary [E.G. Blackmore] at its service.'
p. 5 cols. H,I; p. 6 col. A. 'The Convention. Fifth day. Photographing delegates. The West Australians present. Some trenchant speeches.'
Advertiser 29 March 1897 p. 5 col. B. 'The luncheon at Clarendon. What might have been'; 'Visit to Auldana.' [Pressmen]
p. 5 cols. B,C. 'Convention points.' [Glynn's 'torrent of words.']
Advertiser 30 March 1897 p. 5 col. I; p. 6 cols. A,B. 'The Convention. Sixth day. A flight of petitions. Sir John Forrest urges haste. Mr Barton's explanation. The Federation basis.'
Advertiser 31 March 1897 p. 5 cols. H,I; p. 6 cols. A,B. 'The Convention. Seventh day. The recognition of God. The Federation basis. Speech by Mr Reid.'
Advertiser 1 April 1897 p. 4 col. G. Editorial. 'The Convention.' 'Time permitting, there is no objection to all this threshing-out of federal questions, but the danger is that leisureliness at the outset may be contrasted with inconsiderable hurry at the end of the proceedings.'
p. 4 cols. H,I. 'The federation debate finished.'
p. 4 col. I. 'Convention procedure'; 'The Federal sub-committees.' [Constitutional, Financial, Judicial]; 'Making Committee work public'; 'The basis of federation.' [Barton's resolutions.]
p. 5 col. I; p. 6 cols. A,B. 'The Convention. Eighth day. Closing the big debate. Reply of Mr Barton. Sub-Committees appointed.'
Advertiser 2 April 1897 p. 4 col. G. 'The federal forge.' [Three committees]; 'A short sitting'; 'The House of Representatives.'
p. 4 col. G. 'What's in a name? 'It was eventually decided to adhere to the title decided on by the Convention of 1891 - "The Commonwealth of Australia." '; 'The Governor-General.' '. . . will not be elected by the people, as Sir George Grey advocated, but appointed by her Majesty the Queen.'
p. 4 cols. G,H. 'The Constitutional Committee.'
p. 4 col. H. 'The Finance Committee'; 'The Federal Judicature.'
p. 4 col. H; p. 5 col. A. 'Entertaining the Federal delegates.'
Advertiser 3 April 1897 p. 4 col. H. 'The Federal Convention.'
p. 4 cols. H,I. 'Unauthorized reports'; 'Paying federal politicians'; 'What will the tariff be?'
p. 4 col. I. 'Entertaining the delegates.' [Mount Gambier and Port Augusta suggested.]
p. 6 cols. B,C. 'Queensland and the Convention'; 'Arrival of Sir Hugh Nelson'; 'The colored Labor question'; 'An interview with the Premier.'
p. 9 cols. A,B. 'The Federal Convention. Work of the Committees. Should it be made public? A lively debate.'
p. 9 col. B. 'The Constitutional Committee. The Federal franchise'; 'The Judiciary Committee. Federal Court of Appeal'; 'The Financial Committee. Good progress.'
Advertiser 5 April 1897 p. 4 col. H. 'The Convention.' 'The longer the Federal Convention is in session the more apparent it becomes that a mistaken course of procedure has been adopted. The simplest and best plan would have been for the Convention to start straight away on the Commonwealth Bill.'
Advertiser 6 April 1897 p. 5 col. A. 'The Federal Convention.' 'Judging by the difficulties which have been raised during the deliberations of the advisory Committees and the dissatisfaction which has been expressed at some of their decisions, Federation is still a long way off.'
p. 5 col. A. 'Powers of the Federal Parliament.'
p. 5 cols. A,B. 'Federal control.' [Rivers and streams.]
p. 5 col. B. 'An important decision' [Role of the Governor-General]; 'The tariff again'; 'What shall the payment be?'
p. 7 col. A. 'The Federal Convention. Another short sitting. The Committees at work'; 'The Constitution. Recognition of God.' [Glynn's petition]; 'The Judiciary Committee. Its work almost done; The Finance Committee. Mr McMillan hopeful.'
p. 7 cols. A,B. 'The Constitutional Committee. Important points.'
Advertiser 7 April 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The Commonwealth of Australia.' 'The Constitutional Committee have resolved on retaining the name given by the late Sir Henry Parkes to the proposed federation of the Australian colonies. This conclusion, however, is not unanimous . . . What the federation shall be called is, after all, of very much less consequence than what the federation shall actually be. Whether we are to be known as the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Australia, the United States of Australia, the Federal Union of Australia, United Australia, or simply Australia, really matters very little.'
p. 4 col. H. 'The Federal Convention.' 'Public interest in the doings of the Federal Convention has to some extent evaporated . . .'; 'Amendment of money bills'; 'The Federal Judicature'; 'The Financial Committee.'
p. 4 col. H; p. 5 col. A. 'The recognition of God.'
p. 5 col. A. 'Differences among delegates.'
p. 7 cols. A,B. 'The Federal Convention. A short sitting. The Committees at work.'
Advertiser 8 April 1897 p. 4 cols. H,I. 'The Federal Convention.'
p. 4 col. I. 'The Federal Capital.' 'Of course, substitute South Australia for New South Wales and we should be content'; 'New South Wales grab.' 'New South Wales not only wants the Federal capital, but she has evidently got her eye on all the fat billets likely to be created under the proposed Commonwealth.'
p. 4 col. I. 'Visits of inspection.' [Auldana vineyards]; 'The Broken Hill trip.'
p. 5 col. G. 'The Federal convention. Thirteenth day. A uniform gauge.'
Advertiser 9 April 1897 p. 4 col. G. 'Founding the Constitution.'
p. 4 col. H. 'The struggle between the States.'
p. 5 col. H; p. 6 col. A. 'The Federal Convention. Another short sitting. Committees at work.'
Advertiser 10 April 1897 p. 4 col. I; p. 5 col. A. 'The Federal Convention.'
p. 5 col. A. 'Federation in the future.'
Advertiser 12 April 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The Federal Convention.' 'The work of the Select Committees has been completed . . .'
p. 4 col. H. 'The Federal Convention'; 'The Drafting Committee.' [E. Barton, O'Connor, J. Downer with E.G. Blackmore as Secretary.]
p. 5 col. G. 'The Federal Convention. The trip to Broken Hill. A splendid reception. New South Wales representatives. Disappointment at their absence.'
p. 5 cols. G,H. 'The delegates banqueted.' [At the Town Hall.]
Advertiser 13 April 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The revised Commonwealth Bill.'
p. 4 col. H. 'The Federal Convention.'
p. 4 cols. H,I. 'Industrious Conventionists.'
p. 5 cols. F,G. 'The Convention. The new Constitution. The Bill introduced.'
Advertiser 14 April 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The crux of federation.'
p. 4 col. F. 'The power of the Senate'; 'Religion and federation'; 'Departing federationists.'
p. 4 col. G,H. 'An industrious Convention.' [Refers to Conventionists as "the fifty Immortals."]
Advertiser 15 April 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'State Right beaten.'
p. 4 col. H. 'Fashioning the Constitution'; 'Australia's Governor-General'; 'A graceful farewell.'
p. 5 cols. H,I. 'The Convention. The crux of federation. An important division. The big states win.'
Advertiser 16 April 1897 p. 4 cols. F-H. Editorial. 'Constitution-building.'
p. 4 col. I. 'The Federal Convention'; 'An industrious Convention'; 'The federal franchise.'
p. 4 col. I; p. 5 col. A. 'A suggestion as to deadlocks.'
p. 5 cols. G,H. 'The Convention. The Commonwealth Bill. Much talk and little work.'
Advertiser 19 April 1897 p. 4 cols. D,E. Editorial. 'Federal control of rivers.'
p. 6 cols. F,G. 'The Convention. A Saturday sitting. The Governor present. Progress with the Bill.'
Advertiser 20 April 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'Federal finance.'
p. 5 cols. F,G. 'The Convention. Easter Monday's sitting. Discussion of finance. Good advance made.'
Advertiser 21 April 1897 p. 4 cols. C,D. Editorial. 'The Federal Executive and Judiciary.'
p. 4 cols. F,G. 'Returning delegates.'
p. 5 cols. E,F. 'The Convention. Judicature and finance. Better progress made.'
Advertiser 22 April 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. 'Completing the task.'
p. 5 cols. F,G. 'The Convention. Address to the Queen. The financial problem. Paying Federal politicians.'
p. 5 col. G. 'Federal finance. The proposed compromise. Clauses as now drafted.'
Advertiser 23 April 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'Railway warfare.'
p. 4 col. H. 'The Convention'; 'Departing delegates.'
p. 5 cols. F,G. 'The Convention. Address to the Queen. The rivalry of railways. Recognition of God. Commonwealth Bill passed.'
Advertiser 24 April 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Convention adjourned.' 'Though we are slowly feeling our way, we have not reached federation yet.'
p. 4 cols. F,G. 'Departure of delegates.'
p. 4 col. G. 'The Federal Convention; The Federal Outlook.'
p. 5 col. H. 'The Convention. The finished Bill. Some eloquent speeches. An adjournment till September.'
Advertiser 28 April 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'National recognition of God.'
Advertiser 29 April 1897 p. 4 col. I; p. 5 col. A. 'The Federal Convention.' 'South Australia was represented by a very strong team.'
Advertiser 30 April 1897 p. 5 cols. A,B. 'The Premier and the Officers of the Convention.' [Praise for E.G. Blackmore, Clerk of the Convention.]
Advertiser 12 August 1897 p. 6 col. A. 'Power of the federation.'
Advertiser 2 September 1897 p. 4 cols. D-F. Editorial. 'The Federal Convention.' 'The Parliaments [of colonies] are hopelessly at variance on fundamental questions, and the distance between them is too great to be bridged by any sort of compromise.'
Advertiser 3 September 1897 p. 5 cols. F,G. 'Federal Convention. Second session. The opening proceedings. Message from the Queen.'
Advertiser 7 September 1897 p. 5 cols. D,E. 'The sitting resumed. Financial clauses. A long discussion.'
Advertiser 8 September 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Conference and federal finance.'
Advertiser 9 September 1897 p. 5 cols. E,F. 'Federal Convention. The financial clauses. A further long discussion. Important speech by Sir G. Turner.'
Advertiser 10 September 1897 p. 5 cols. C,D. 'Federal Convention. The Commonwealth Bill. Amendments discussed. Night sittings announced.'
Advertiser 11 September 1897 p. 7 cols. G,H. 'Federal Convention. The Commonwealth Bill. Mr Kingston speaks. Fine speech by Mr Symon. South Australian ability. Equal representation affirmed.'
Advertiser 14 September 1897 p. 5 cols. E,F. 'Federal Convention. Commonwealth Bill. Consideration of amendments.'
Advertiser 15 September 1897 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Federal Convention.' '. . . where, we repeat, do the minor States come in?'
p. 5 cols. E,F. 'Federal Convention. Commonwealth Bill. Work in Committee. Constitution of the Senate.'
Advertiser 17 September 1897 p. 4 col. H. Editorial. 'The Federal Convention.' 'The representatives of the large States at the Convention have had their way in effecting a departure from all known federal models in the constitution of the Senate . . . They have made every small State impotent in finance - admittedly the crux of federation.'
Advertiser 18 September 1897 p. 5 cols. D,E. 'Federal Convention. The deadlock suggestions. Clause by Mr Symon carried. Much dissatisfaction expressed. The Clause to be reconsidered. Representation of Queensland. Telegram from Sir H. Tozer.'
Advertiser 22 September 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The deadlock difficulty.'
p. 5 col. E. 'Federal Convention. Deadlock legislation. Proposal by Mr Carruthers carried. Adjournment on Friday.'
Advertiser 24 September 1897 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The Convention.' 'The constitution is not yet finalised by any means, and it remains to be seen whether Melbourne will show better results than Sydney. At present the Commonwealth Bill, profoundly unsatisfactory as it is to the smaller States, does not contain the promise of a speedy Australian federation.'
Advertiser 25 September 1897 p. 8 cols. A,B. 'Federal Convention. Business concluded. Adjourned to Melbourne. Queensland's intentions. Eulogistic speeches.'
Advertiser 28 September 1897 p. 5 cols. F-H. 'The Sydney Convention. What it did not do. Some personal reminiscences. South Australia takes the palm.' 'It is generally acknowledged by the press of Sydney and by the habitues of the Convention that the South Australians are all around the strongest delegation both in debate and in their intimate knowledge of the subjects under discussion.'