During the before mentioned debates on the railway extension Is Senator Guthrie, whose people were pioneers of land on the borders of Queensland and the Territory, reminded certain members, who pooh-poohed the idea of needing farther railways than provided for in these measures for least 50 or 100 years' that, this was some of the richest country in Australia, He said, that in a period of fair seasons his people had made fortunes, which their children were now enjoying, and surely this land would repay the Commonwealth fourfold for the expense of a railway, which has had many advocates for the last 20 years. Among them, I lieve, the late Lord Kitchener.
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