FEDERAL POLITICS. NORTHERN TERRITORY BILL.
PRACTICALLY STRANGLED. MR. DEAKIN'S HOPE. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received December 6, 10.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Dap. The Federal Senate practically strangled the Northern Territory Acceptance Bill. The stumbling block" was the construction of a railway. j\h\ Deakin, Prime Minister, promised* to use his influence to prevent the BiU being wholly lost, even during this session. He hoped it would not be long before the territory was taken over -by tbe Commonwealth.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19091206.2.70
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1909, Page 7
Word Count
78FEDERAL POLITICS. NORTHERN TERRITORY BILL. Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1909, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in