AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN TERRITORY.
"I think there ia danger of a peace" ful occupation of the Northern Territory by the coloured races, but I have no fear at all of an invasion by a hostile fleet," remarked Judge Bevan, of Melbourne, no his return from the Northern Territory. "I would not be at all surprised to hear that along the coast line there are small settlements of Chinese and other nations, and if they become established in anything likelnumbers how are we to turn them out? I know we have an Immigration Restriction Act; but now can we enforce it there? We have six policemen and four Customs officials at Darwin, and however energetic they may be they cannot hope to keep the Territory under complete surveillance. It will mean streruous and determined endeavour to profitably occupy the Territory; but if Australia won't do what is necessary some other nation will."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 638, 28 January 1914, Page 2
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150AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN TERRITORY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 638, 28 January 1914, Page 2
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