The Federal Capital Site Bill, the standing political dish, comes up again for ballot this week. So far as the general public is concerned, there is but little interest taken in the matter, around which the struggle has now developed on ty lines, to the complete exclusion of The constitution states that it must be inner South Wales territory not less than 100 miles from Sydney. Mr. Chapman, who acted as whip tothe Deakin Government, champions the cause of Dalgety in the Bombala district close to the Victorian border. Sir Willism Lyne is looking after the interests of the Tooma site in the southern portion of the State, and is supported therein by the Premier, Mr. Watson, and the Labour section of the House. Lyndhurst, in the Bathurst district, is advocated by Mr. Sydney Smith, the Opposition whip, and this site is also the elect of Mr. Reid and his party. And thus the three-cornered battle goes on, whilst the public who will have to find the cash don't much care which is to be the favoured spot, and whether the final selection is made now or ten years hence.
Any spare millions that our Adminis: tration has in hand could be far more profitably employed in a trans-continental railway, than on an entirely unnecessary Capital situated in the back blocks of New South Wales.
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