THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 171, 28 October 1910, Page 8

THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

The passengers bv the R.M.S. Orontes include Dr. Barrett, of Melbeurne, who is returning after a tour of the Federated Malay States. One result of his trip, savs the Argus, is tliat he is now optimistic regarding the future Northarn Territory as a field for white settlement. Durin the course of an interview he said: "I have come to the conclusion that our great Northern Territory can be colonised by white people, providing certain areas are marked out. and with those areas carefully under the jurisdiction of medicv.i men, so that all tropical diseases could be exterminated. The lessons of the East have taught me that there are *0 insurmountable difficulties in the way [of white colonisation. Climate should I never keep ajvay the white man from tke Northern Territory. It is only the I attendant d.saise that prevents him. In the Lederated Malay States the tropical diseases most rampant are malaria, , " ben and dysentery. All these ara no v being combated by medical men, ami th* States climate is far worse tlrin tli-if the Northern of A U raih Colonists in a tropicaj climate often feei the want of periodical chances Well if the transcontinental railway wb h ur e ,bo,,t tie rubber sssst&gjs;?**