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1899
Advertiser 2 January 1899 p. 5 col. B. 'Australian federation. Proposed Conference in Melbourne. Mr Reid's letter.'
Advertiser 12 January 1899 p. 5 col. A. 'The Federal Conference.' '. . . Premiers of the Australian colonies to meet in conference for the purpose of considering the alterations in the Commonwealth Bill suggested by the New South Wales Premier.'
Advertiser 13 January 1899 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The Premiers' Federal Conference.'
Advertiser 16 January 1899 p. 4 cols. D,E. Editorial. 'Rivalry in the Pacific.' 'Australians cannot afford to overlook the constant struggle for ascendancy that is going on in the Pacific.'
p. 5 col. G. 'The Federal Council. The Business.'
Advertiser 20 January 1899 p. 5 col. C. 'Australian federation. The Premiers' Conference.'
Advertiser 21 January 1899 p. 6 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Commonwealth Bill.'
Advertiser 25 January 1899 p. 4 cols. D-F. Editorial. 'The Federal Council.' 'The Council now awaits, without jealousy, the installation of a more powerful successor.'
Advertiser 26 January 1899 p. 6 col. A. 'The Federal Council. Formal opening. The Federal Capital. New Convention suggested.'
Advertiser 27 January 1899 p. 6 col. A. 'Australian federation. Mr Reid interviewed. Opposes another Convention.'
Advertiser 28 January 1899 p. 6 col. H. 'The Premiers' Conference.' 'The Conference was convened to discuss the procedure in relation to the resolutions passed by the New South Wales Legislature when considering the Commonwealth Bill.'
p. 8 col. A. 'The Federal Council. Federal Quarantine Bill. An interesting discussion. Warm reply by Mr Dickson. New Hebrides trade.'
Advertiser 31 January 1899 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'Riparian rights.' 'Everyone who has followed the debates in the several sessions of the Federal Convention must be aware that the control of the rivers was one of the most difficult questions to settle on account of the grasping and uncompromising attitude adopted by the representatives of New South Wales . . . Though a via media was ultimately found it has not given complete satisfaction to any party.'
Advertiser 3 February 1899 p. 5 col. E. 'Australian federation. Close of Premiers' Conference. Hopeful as to result. Capital to be in New South Wales. First Federal Parliament to meet in Melbourne.'
Advertiser 4 February 1899 p. 7 col. F. 'Australian federation. The Premiers' Conference. Final meeting. Premiers congratulated. Statement by Sir G. Turner.'
Advertiser 6 February 1899 p. 5 col. E. 'Federal prospects. Return of the Premier. [C.C. Kingston] An interview.' 'I have every reason to be satisfied. We have come to an unanimous agreement for the removal of the difficulties which have hitherto remained. I am sanguine that we shall not have long to wait before Federation is an accomplished fact.'
Advertiser 8 February 1899 p. 4 cols. D,E. Editorial. 'The Federal compromise.'
p. 4 col. G. 'Federation.' '. . . the South Australian Cabinet are absolutely united in their approval of the amendments made in the Commonwealth Bill at the recent Conference of Premiers.'
Advertiser 9 February 1899 p. 4 col. H. 'Football and federation.' 'Cricketers federate with an ease and completeness that politicians have at times been bidden to admire and emulate . . . '
Advertiser 14 February 1899 p. 5 col. B. 'Australian federation. The feeling in Sydney'; 'Sir John Forrest interviewed.'
Advertiser 16 February 1899 p. 5 col. E. 'The Queensland Parliament. The Government policy. Queensland and federation. Acceptance of the Bill recommended.'
Advertiser 18 February 1899 p. 6 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The scramble for the capital.' [Suggested sites for the federal capital: Albury, Bombala, Cootamundra, Dubbo, Tamworth, Bathurst, Goulburn, Cooma.]
Advertiser 22 February 1899 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'Federation.' 'With us in South Australia the question has never been federation, but only the terms of federation.'
p. 4 col. F. 'The Commonwealth League.'
p. 5 col. E. 'Australian federation. New South Wales Parliament. Special Federal session.'
p. 7 cols. A,B. 'The Commonwealth League. Address by Mr Symon. The Premiers' amendment.'
Advertiser 24 February 1899 p. 4 col. G. 'The Federal session.' [Federal Enabling Bill to be introduced into South Australian Parliament.]
p. 6 col. C. 'The Federal Enabling Bill. Text of the measure.'
Advertiser 27 February 1899 p. 4 col. H. 'Federation and farmers.'
Advertiser 28 February 1899 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'Parliament and the Federal question.'
p. 5 col. G. 'Australian federation. Opposition in Sydney. Mr Reid "hopelessly out-generalled." '
Advertiser 1 March 1899 p. 4 cols. D,E. Editorial. 'The Federal Enabling Bill.'
p. 5 col. D. 'Australian Federation. The Enabling Bill. Before Sydney Parliament.'
p. 5 cols. G,H. 'Work in Parliament. The Federal sitting. Good progress made.' [South Australia]
Advertiser 2 March 1899 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'The Federation debate.'
p. 5 col. I, p. 6 col. A. 'Work in Parliament. More Acts assented to. The Federal Bill.'
Advertiser 3 March 1899 p. 5 col. I. 'Work in Parliament. The Federal Bill.'
Advertiser 4 March 1899 p. 6 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'Parliament.'
Advertiser 7 March 1899 p. 5 col. E. 'Australian federation. Opposition in Sydney. A public meeting. Speech by Sir George Dibbs.' 'They wanted no civil war there, but would certainly have it under this Bill.'
Advertiser 9 March 1899 p. 4 cols. E-G. Editorial. 'The Enabling Bill in New South Wales.'
Advertiser 11 March 1899 p. 8 col. A. To the Editor. 'Federation.' [A.M. Mitchell, Port Augusta, anti-federation.]
Advertiser 16 March 1899 p. 5 col. D. 'Australian federation. Address by Dr Cockburn. Sir T. Fowell Buxton present.' ['South Australia as a federal unit': address given in London.]
p. 5 col. F. 'The Federal question. Crisis in New South Wales. Debate in the Council. The Bill amended. Government unyielding.'
Advertiser 17 March 1899 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Enabling Bill in Sydney.'
Advertiser 22 March 1899 p. 5 col. C. 'Australian federation. Position in New South Wales. The Enabling Bill. Council's amendments. Before the Assembly. Premier disagrees with them.'
Advertiser 29 March 1899 p. 5 col. G. 'Australian federation. Position in New South Wales. The Council's amendments. An unsuccessful Conference. Statement by Mr Reid.'
Advertiser 3 April 1899. p. 4 cols. C,D. Editorial. 'The deadlock in New South Wales.'
Advertiser 6 April 1899 p. 4 col. G. 'The Federal referendum.'
Advertiser 14 April 1899 p. 5 col. C. 'Australian federation. New South Wales Parliament. Address in reply passed. A disorderly debate. The Enabling Bill carried.'
Advertiser 15 April 1899 p. 6 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'Mr Reid's coup.'
p. 7 col. H. 'Australian federation. Seat of the Federal government'; 'Position in Queensland'; 'Attitude of the Sydney Council.'
Advertiser 18 April 1899 p. 5 col. A. To the Editor. 'Federation.' [John Warren, Mt Crawford. 'If you desire to be thus enslaved, vote for the Bill.']
p. 5 col. C. 'Australian federation. The Federal capital. Views of Mr Dickson'; 'Position in New South Wales.'
Advertiser 20 April 1899 p. 5 col. F. 'Australian federation. Position in New South Wales. The Enabling Bill. Passed by the Council. The Premier jubilant.'
Advertiser 21 April 1899 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'Mr Reid's latest victory.'
Advertiser 24 April 1899 p. 5 col. H. 'The referendum. Australian federal constitution. Ballot paper; Legislative Council Franchise. Ballot paper' [facsimile]; To the Editor. 'The Commonwealth Bill.' 'Do you think there are five in every hundred of the populace who really know the provisions of the Bill, and what they are going to vote about?'
Advertiser 25 April 1899 p. 5 col. C 'Australian federation. New South Wales campaign'; 'The Queensland League.'
Advertiser 27 April 1899 p. 4 cols. H,I. Editorial. 'Appealing to the people.'
Advertiser 28 April 1899 p. 5 col. E. 'Australian federation. The position in New South Wales. Mr Barton to visit Queensland.'
p. 5 col. F. To the Editor. 'Candidates who were members of the Convention.'; 'The amended Commonwealth Bill.'[Reasons why they should vote 'No.']
p. 5 col. H. 'The referendum. Australian Federal Constitution.' [Reasons why the elector should vote 'yes.']
Advertiser 29 April 1899 p. 2 cols. D-F. cols. D-F. Election notices.
p. 6 cols. G-H. 'The Federation referendum.' '. . . with the strong and patriotic desire that Australia may speedily become the home of a united people, we may reasonably consent to some sacrifices and a few risks in order to realise that splendid aspiration.'
p. 7 col. A. 'The referendum'; 'Posting the results.'
p. 8 col. D. To the Editor. 'The Cost of federation.' [Robert Gooch, Mt Gambier.]
Advertiser 2 May 1899 p. 4 col. G. 'The referendum.' 'The experience throughout has been disappointing, for a large number of papers were thrown away or destroyed, and many of them placed in the boxes were unmarked.'
Advertiser 3 May 1899 p. 4 cols. F,G. Editorial. 'Federation and adult suffrage.'
Advertiser 4 May 1899 p. 6 col. E. 'The Referendum.' [Voting figures]
Advertiser 5 May 1899 p. 5 col. H. 'The Hon. G.H. Reid. Arrives in Adelaide. Prospects of federation.'
Advertiser 15 May 1899 p. 4 col. E. Editorial. 'Queensland and federation.' 'The attitude of the Queensland Government towards Federation has been so peculiar that any statement of its future intentions must be received with considerable reserve.'
Advertiser 17 May 1899 p. 4 col. H. 'Federation.' 'If the result of the Federal referendum in New South Wales is satisfactory, the Government of South Australia will very soon after the assembling of Parliament on June 22, move the adoption of an address to the Imperial Legislature asking that body to pass the Commonwealth Bill.'
Advertiser 23 May 1899 p. 5 col. G. 'Australian federation. Address by Mr G.H. Reid.'
Advertiser 30 May 1899 p. 6 cols. B-D. 'Household suffrage, finance and federation.'
Advertiser 31 May 1899 p. 4 cols. E.F. Editorial. 'The federation fight in New South Wales.' 'If Mr Reid expected anything like a walkover in his federation campaign he has been thoroughly disillusioned. The conflict now proceeding in New South Wales is one of the most protracted, strenuous and bitter that has ever been known there.' p. 5 col. H. 'Australian federation. Position in Queensland. Enabling Bill before Parliament'; 'Speech by Mr A. Deakin.'
Advertiser 7 June 1899 p. 4 cols. E,F. 'The vinegrowing industry.' 'Australian federation will in the early future give our vignerons the free run of the intercolonial market, and they are confident that a large demand will speedily arise for South Australian wines.'
Advertiser 12 June 1899 p. 5 col. F. 'Australian federation. New South Wales campaign'; 'The Queensland Enabling Bill. Taken through Committee.'
Advertiser 13 June 1899 p. 5 col. F. 'Australian federation. Mr Reid's effigy burnt'; 'Opposition at Broken Hill.'
Advertiser 14 June 1899 p. 5 col. G. 'Australian federation; The Federal capital'; 'Mr Reid at Albury'; 'Position in Queensland. The Bill before the Council'; 'The position in Victoria'; 'West Australian League.'
Advertiser 15 June 1899 p. 4 col. F,G. Editorial. 'New South Wales and South Australian finances.'
p. 4 col. H. 'South Australia and Federation.'
p. 6 cols. B,C. 'Anti-Federal libels. New South Wales and South Australia. An interesting comparison. A very healthy "cripple." ' [South Australia and Victoria "crippled girls" colonies; New South Wales the "mother colony."]
Advertiser 19 June 1899 p. 5 col. G. 'Australian federation. New South Wales referendum. Excitement increasing. Seventy-six meetings in one night.'
Advertiser 20 June 1899 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Federal referendum in New South Wales.' 'By their votes history will be made - or marred . . . If these three [New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland] were missing, where would be the Commonwealth of Australia? How should we realise the aspiration of Mr Barton "for the first time in the world's history, a nation for a continent, and a continent for a nation?" '
p. 4 col. G. 'The fate of federation.' 'South Australia has already declared for Federation by a triumphant majority of some 48,000 votes . . .'
Advertiser 21 June 1899 p. 4 col. H. 'Federation triumphant.' 'It has long been realised throughout South Australia that the fate of Federation rested with New South Wales . . . there was a crowd [in front of "The Advertiser" office] waiting for the result all the evening . . . ']
p. 5 cols. G.H. 'Federal Australia. New South Wales referendum. A heavy poll. Big affirmative majority. Enthusiasm in Sydney. Opinions of party leaders'; 'Federal leaders interviewed'; 'Views of leading opponents'; 'Results of the voting.'
p. 5 cols. H,I. 'Feeling in Melbourne. Statement by Sir George Turner.'
p. 5 col. I. 'Position in Queensland. Enabling Bill passed; Congratulatory telegrams. The Queensland referendum.'
Advertiser 22 June 1899 p. 5 cols. G,H. 'Federal Australia. New South Wales referendum. The latest figures'; 'Views of opponents. Labor Party accept the decision'; 'Sir George Dibbs's statement. Much indignation'; 'Victoria rejoicing.'
p. 5 col. H. 'Bill passed by Tasmanian Assembly.'
Advertiser 23 June 1899 p. 5 col. G. 'Federal Australia. The latest figures. New South Wales referendum'; 'How the result has been received; Imperial consent.'
Advertiser 28 June 1899 p. 5 col. F. 'Federal Australia. Position in New South Wales. Calm after the storm'; 'Bill before Victorian Parliament'; 'An important handbook'; 'Opposition in West Australia. The Government challenged.'
Advertiser 29 June 1899 p. 4 cols. D-F. Editorial. 'Federation and constitutional reform.'
p. 5 col. A. 'Federal Australia. Opposition in New South Wales'; 'Kalgoorlie.'
Advertiser 30 June 1899 p. 5 col. F. 'Federal Australia. A political chaos'; 'The tariff'; 'Debate in the Victorian Assembly. Second reading passed'; 'Queensland Opposition League'; 'Position in West Australia. The Premier interviewed. Statement by Mr Leake.'
Advertiser 5 July 1899 p. 5 col. F. 'Federal Australia. Victorian campaign; Opposition in Queensland.'
Advertiser 8 July 1899 p. 7 col. I. 'Federal Australia. The Enabling Bill.' [Passed in Victoria.]
Advertiser 19 July 1899 p. 5 col. F. 'Federal Australia. Position in West Australia. Premier's reply to Mr Reid. A hostile attitude.'
Advertiser 24 July 1899 p. 5 col. F. 'Federal Australia. The Victorian campaign.'
Advertiser 25 July 1899 p. 5 col. G. 'Federal Australia. Sir John Forrest's position. Telegram from Mr Reid. A dignified appeal.'
Advertiser 26 July 1899 p. 4 cols. C,D. Editorial. 'New Zealand and federation.'
p. 5 col. E. 'Railway to West Australia. Official correspondence.'
Advertiser 27 July 1899 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'The Federal vote.' 'This will be an important day in the history of Australia. Before nightfall the question of Australian federation will be definitely settled by the votes of the people in two colonies.' [Victoria and Tasmania]
Advertiser 28 July 1899 p. 5 col. E. 'Federal Australia. Two referendums. Victoria and Tasmania. Big majorities for the Bill.'
Advertiser 2 August 1899 p. 4 col. E. 'The Federal address.' 'An address to be presented to . . . the Queen, praying that her Majesty may be pleased to cause a measure to be submitted to the Imperial Parliament for passing into law the Federal Constitution of Australia which has been accepted by the colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania.'
p. 5 col. B. 'Federal Australia. New South Wales Parliament. Address to the Queen. Ninety tons of federal literature.'
Advertiser 9 August 1899 p. 4 col. F. 'Federation.' 'The address has now passed both Houses of the South Australian Parliament, and will be at once forwarded to England by mail. This colony is the first of the Australian States to pass the Address, which is the final step in the achievement of Federation, as far as the colonies are concerned.'
p. 6 col. A. 'Work in Parliament. The Council adopts the Federal Address.' '. . . the Chief Secretary pointed out that the Commonwealth Bill was the result of neither panic nor pressure form within or without.'
Advertiser 12 August 1899 p. 8 col. E. 'Federal Australia. The West Australian Commission; New Zealand's position.'
Advertiser 16 August 1899 p. 5 col. I. 'The wine industry. Federation and phylloxera. A chat with Mr Young.'
Advertiser 17 August 1899 p. 5 col. G. 'Federal Australia. The Victorian Address. Speech by Lord Brassey; The Federal capital. Discussion in the Sydney Assembly.'
Advertiser 18 August 1899 p. 5 col. H. 'Federal Australia. Address to the Queen. Adopted by the Sydney Council. A narrow majority.'
Advertiser 19 August 1899 p. 7 col. F. 'The Federal capital. A suggestion.' '. . . better for Australia to follow the example set by Canada in leaving to the Queen the designation of the Federal capital.'
p. 8 col. A. 'Federal Australia. Attitude of West Australia. The railway question.'
Advertiser 26 August 1899 p. 6 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'Australian defence.' 'It is certain that the reorganisation of our naval arrangements will be one of the earliest matters to which the Federal Legislature will have to address itself.'
p. 6 col. I. 'A federal message.' [Use of 'theatrophone' to record a message from Reid, Premier of New South Wales, to the electors of Queensland: 'Australia advances; will Queensland lag behind?']
Advertiser 28 August 1899 p. 5 col. E. 'Federal Australia. West Australian opponents.'
Advertiser 29 August 1899 p. 5 col. G. 'Federal Australia. The first Parliament. The tariff; Perth Select Committee. Proposed Transcontinental Railway'; 'Meeting at Albany.'
Advertiser 30 August 1899 p. 5 col. E. 'Federal Australia. West Australia's attitude. Mr Holder's telegrams'; 'Position in New Zealand.'
Advertiser 31 August 1899 p. 4 col. H. 'Queensland and federation.' [Message sent by C.C. Kingston to 'the people of the colony': 'I urge the people of Queensland to vote for the proposed Federation in the interests of Australia and national life; and of democracy and constitutional freedom.']
Advertiser 4 September 1899 p. 4 col. E. 'The Queensland referendum.' 'Very great interest was felt in South Australia as to the result of the Federal referendum in Queensland on Saturday.'
Advertiser 6 September 1899 p. 4 col. F. 'A color line in Australia.' 'Sooner or later the preservation of a white Australia will become a burning question, and there are indications that federation will not arrive a day too soon for its settlement. Notwithstanding the efforts of some of the colonies to prevent an influx of undesirable immigrants there is already trouble enough on that score, but it is as nothing to what may be apprehended in the future from the overflowing populations of the Asiatic continent and the attraction which Australia presents to vast numbers who are not only of an alien race but an inferior type.'
Advertiser 16 September 1899 p. 8 col. E. 'Australian federation.' 'Prompt action has been received upon in regard to the Federal capital. A competent officer is to undertake the collection of all information in regard to the sites, so that the Federal Parliament may be advised on the matter without loss of time.'
Advertiser 22 September 1899 p. 5 col. I; p, 6 col. A. 'Australian federation. Position of West Australia. Views of delegates. The goldfields and separation.'
Advertiser 26 September 1899 p. 4 col. G. 'The Federal force.'
p. 5 col. B. 'The Boer crisis. Orange Free State. Joins the Transvaal. Neutrality impossible. Warlike preparations.'
Advertiser 27 September 1899 p. 4 cols. D,E. 'The Boer crisis.' 'The latest meeting of the Imperial Cabinet has contributed nothing towards the solution of the problem of the hour - the problem whether Great Britain is or is not on the eve of one of the most undesirable little wars that a great country ever undertook.'
Advertiser 30 September 1899 p. 6 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'Federation and industrial development.'
p. 7 col. E. 'The Boer crisis. War inevitable. Both sides unyielding. A Dutch conspiracy. The President's prayer. Divine advice.'
Advertiser 5 October 1899 p. 5 col. F. 'The Commonwealth Bill. Mr Chamberlain's attitude.'
Advertiser 13 October 1899 p. 4 cols. D,E. Editorial. 'Our Contingent for the Transvaal.'
p. 5 col. C. 'The War. Hostilities begun. Latest developments. The Boer ultimatum. A "false move." '
Advertiser 23 October 1899 p. 4 col. F. 'The Federal capital.' 'His object is mainly to find a spot where beauty of position is wedded to salubrity of climate, so that future Federal legislators may enjoy to the utmost a recuperative climate to supply the waste of tissue involved by the arduous duties of their legislatorship.'
Advertiser 1 November 1899 p. 5 cols. H,I; p. 6 cols. A-D. 'Troops for South Africa. The South Australian Contingent. A national farewell. Immense crowds. A striking demonstration.'
Advertiser 9 November 1899 p. 4 cols. E,F. Editorial. 'Federal and State legislators.'
p. 5 col. G. 'Federal Australia. The tariff.'
Advertiser 11 November 1899 p. 11 cols. A,B. 'The Federal Art Exhibition.' 'The first Federal Art Exhibition was held under the auspices of the South Australian Society of Arts last year, and the exhibition which was opened on Friday is the second of a series which the Society has instituted, with a view of introducing to the public the work of painters in oils and water-colors in the other colonies, so that the progress in Australian art may be observed.'
Advertiser 16 November 1899 p. 4 col. F. 'General news. The Federal Address.' [Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, J. Chamberlain acknowledges the receipt of '. . . addresses to Her Majesty from the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of South Australia, praying that a measure may be submitted to Parliament for passing into law the Federal constitution for Australasia . . . On the receipt of similar addresses from other colonies proposing to join in Federal union the matter will receive the immediate attention of Her Majesty's Government.']
Advertiser 22 November 1899 p. 5 col. D. 'Federal Australia. West Australia's attitude. Plain speaking by Mr J.H. Symon.' '[Symon] said he was sorry to see the unfortunate attitude the Forrest Government were adopting towards Australian Federation . . . It seemed to him a deplorable thing that Sir John Forrest should even suggest to his Parliament and the people of the colony that there was any possibility of belated amendments being introduced.'
Advertiser 23 November 1899 p. 4 col. H. 'The Federal capital.'
Advertiser 28 November 1899 p. 6 col. C. 'Australian Federation. An interview with Mr J.H. Symon.'
Advertiser 1 December 1899 p. 4 col. G. 'The first Federal Government.'
Advertiser 14 December 1899 p. 5 col. D. 'Federal Australia. The capital. West Australia's attitude. Proposed separation. Petition to the Queen.' '. . . the most representative conference ever held in West Australia, consisting of delegates from public bodies of all parts of the goldfields . . . by 60 votes to 2 it was decided that . . . the only course to redress grievances, especially on the matter of Federation, is . . . to petition the Queen for separation . . .'
Advertiser 30 December 1899 p. 8 col. A. 'Federal Australia. West Australia's position. The Separation movement. Proposed monster petition. A mission to the East.'