In describing the route he "the line would thus reach the of the country which is variously] described as a desert and a paradise—the land where date palms and camels can find a home. From Daly Waters to Camooweal is about 300 miles. Consequently the Territory can be linked up in the first place with the shipping, and the settlement of Northern Queensland by a line only 570 miles long, as against over a thousand miles according to the other propositions. In 1911 the Commonwealth Government took over the control of the Territory from South Australia, but in addition made a ridiculous arrangement under which the Commonwealth was to construct a way from the South Australi border direct to Port Darwin. This Jarrangement still holds good, and the whole future of the Territory is bound up in the talk of "rights," by a mere handful of people who. will welfare in a period of jealousy and distrust upon the part of the Federal representatives of the various States. Senator Pearce is evidently deaf to conscience and hails the old theory of communication with the Territory as a new and hitherto concealed outlook. The report has not been made public owing to its importance as a defence measure, but it is understood he favoured a simi proposed.
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