NORTHERN TERRITORY.
THE POPULATION QUESTION.
LONDON, June 10. The Tim°6, commenting on Northern Territory prospects, believes that Port Dairwin is defensible without a large population. Mr Watson may find near to the centres of Australian life ample scope for his new conceptions of the need of population. SYDNEY, June 11. The Times, in its article, is alluding to a speech made by Mr' Watson during his recent tour in the Northern Territory, when he declared there could be no doubt as to the importance of the people of Australia having the Northern- Territory peopled, and peopled as densely as passible with a population which could be relied upon in times of emergency. He considered that the gravest danger threatening Australia at this time was leaving open this door to people who, although they were friendly to-day, might in the whirligig of time become anything but friendly.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 26
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