The Prime Minister, Mr. Brace, has made available the report supplied by Sir George Buchanan, tne noted British Harbour expert," who inspected the Northern Territory during a recent visit to Australia. Sir George is evid=ntly' enamoured of Darwin, which is a first-class port. The' report contains four interesting clauses, The provision of up-to-date ship= ping Cuellitiee ut the port of Darwin '—The provision of an sdequato supply for the town of Darvin, ~The, establishment of a suitable port at the MeArthur River For carga Neowels of at least 3,000 tons burton the nameciea by rail with on the Darkly Tables iis port Wert Austr ey) this persian initial" expenditure "for a 1,200 fect lon, with transit costinated 637 while a row Sheds, rail anal rond Comiexions, the progress of the Territory will necessarily clow and that its initial stages will depend for its development upon the pastoral me dustry. Ax Australia has been settled in th" first instance upon pastoral development and then by Minister for Home Senator Pearce, had commenced the drafting of z Dill which would enable the progress required (0 be dered to be the cause for the iniquitous position, are A by a few individuals. whose "During tis period considered the cost ye in qh Tease would be tow ereat—tracts of country which, could te utilized for more concen trated pasture are lying idle, The Territory ix not the only part of Australia in this predicament beewuse Australia, the State which controlled the Territory bee fore thy Federal parliament. took control, and ix responsible for the present state of thy leasehold holdings in that area, i in a similar predicament, Thy government of that day wishing to raise ready used this means of accom= ug their end, The loss of the Vestey. interests to the Territory owing to Labour trouble when that portion of Australia practically developed, Bola nits most pronounced form, was a calamity from which the area has never re. covered, Railway communication with the East const appears to be the only solution and the development of Darwin us a port ax suggested Sir George will enable transport overseas to be made from a more convenient angle than as at the moment when the whole coastline of JAustralia hax practically Lo be covered before "s for Great Britain o nited States of Ameri will not solve the to be continually ignored as in past and it is hoped that Mr. Beuee will not relegate. the report to the archives of Pavii lose seat Canberra dar months, Through the fine tet end admire blo. efforts of Me, Tu Yueh-sums, chaitinan of Concession e Commercial the local merchants hat decided not to ji th moneral strike and the General aabeur Union has consented instructions to the labourers to resume their 6 the community.
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