NORTHERN TERRITORY
Development Advocated (Received July 3, 11 p.in.) SYDNEY, July 3. Australia’s Northern Territory could be built into an empire, said Mr. Nelson T. Johnson. American Minister to the Commonwealth, after a 10-tlay inspection of tlie area. But this could be achieved only if tlie Government embarked on a definite plan to open up the land to primary producers. He advocated considerable development of rail transport in the area. "If the Government provided cliance.-, for yontig men and women in the Northern Territory, great cities would grow up within 40 or 50 years,” said Mr. Johnson. “No country in the world offers greater opportunities' for young people than the Northern Territory."
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 237, 4 July 1944, Page 4
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112NORTHERN TERRITORY Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 237, 4 July 1944, Page 4
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