UNPOPULAR ADMINISTRATION
DEMONSTRATION AGAINST DR.
GILRUTH,
(DNITBI) PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTMOHT.)
(Received December 28, 10.45 a.m.)
BRISBANE, This Day
A demonstration, consisting of eleven hundred Darwin citizens, representing all sections of the community, and headed by a band, marched to Government House, where several speakers denounced the present autocratic system of Government, including the Administrative, Judicial, and Medical Department*. The meeting resolved to implore Mr. Watt, Acting-Prime Minister, in the interests of life and property, to recall Dr. Gilruth, whose autocratic administration, they said, is.fast reaching a very grave crisis; also, for the establishment of a good Government, having the confidence of the residents, and for the development of the Territory.. It was also decided to request the institution of a Provincial Council of five members, to be elected annually, with a recognised Secretary representing the Federal Government, i
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 155, 28 December 1918, Page 7
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