NORTHERN TERRITORY.
TAKING-OVER BILL. 'TRACTICALLY STRANGLED" IN THE SENATE. (By Tclcsraph.-Trees Association.—GopyrtKblt -.- Melbourne, Dcceuiber G. — Tho, Federal Sonata has practically; eiraiißled' ■*; the. Northern .Territory Acceptance Bill,' providing;for the taking'.over of. the Territory by. the-Commonwealth on the: terms offered by South. Australia. The: stumbling block' wm' the. construction of'. the ■; proposed railway to , connect tho Northern Territory with the South' Australian railway , system at Oodnadatta ! ' (which has been a matter; of- disputo : on tho ■ grounds both of route and. of cost). - Mr.. Doakin, '.Prime Minister, 1 premised to use his influence;, to prevent tho Bill being wholly lost, even during this session. He hoped v' I it would not' bo long before tho Territory was : '"' i t&ken over by. tlio Commonwealth. ! ■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 683, 7 December 1909, Page 7
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120NORTHERN TERRITORY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 683, 7 December 1909, Page 7
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