NORTHERN TERRITORY
~-. ■.: DR. GILRUTH'S OFFER TO PURCHASE. .•■■■.. Melbourne, February 27. Before the Northern Territory Co'mmisf ion; E. J. Rigloy in his evidence said that Br. Qilruth did not 6ay that he .liad.;mado any offer to the Government for.the salovof the territorv'tp a syndicate. .Mr; Randolph Bedford's account of • tho"- interview/seeraed. very inoorreot and exaggerated —Press Aesn. Plr. Randolph . Bedford, MX.C. for , Queensland, in liib evidence said ho met' Dr. Gilruth • in-1916. Dr. Gilruth said: "Sou' are attacking nro in the newspapers.". Witness replied: "We have not started yet." Dr. Gilruth heatedly exclaimed:. "The Territory.will .'be no good to the|Commonwealth. I made,'an offer, of five millions on behalf of a ; 'syndioate lo.piirchase it, with tho objet or leasinr it'and spending ten millions'"b'n""it. Witness replied: "You won't buy a coun* try five, times the size of France for a peanut';"' ' Dr. Gilrii'tli said tho Btate--ment was made in confidence, and re([\mtei him not to publish it. Witness respected, : tha. confidence, till 1917, when 'he read a-cablegram in a Brisbane paper stating that a company was being formed. •iiv,England ..-with a capital of a. hundred millions to exploit "the Dominions' after .the ,;war. : ,:Thinking this might be connected with the' Northern Territory, ho nlade,:.:i. declaration in Parliament in June, 191". Replying to' a question, Mr. Bedford staled .that Dr.' ■ Gilruth was veiy emphatic. He was very much in earnest."]
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 7
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226NORTHERN TERRITORY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 7
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