Northern Territory Life

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17417, 15 November 1930, Page 14

Northern Territory Life

ANLY one who has visited the Northern Territory and other outback parts of Australia ean realiso the hardships endured so bravely by tho women, whose very faces bear ample signs of tho trying life they lead. Home for many consists of a dwelling with walls of sacking, a roof of iron, the earth f6r a floor, and partitions of calico.

The author of “Far North Memories,” Mrs J. S. Litchfield, had a breakdown in health and accepted an invitation to stay with a friend who was married to a diamond driller m the Northern Territory. Mrs Litchfield’s first home was at West Arm, across the harbor from Darwin. Later her host was stationed at Anson Bay, on the Daly River. Despite the isolation, life was pleasant. There was the inevitable remittance man, but tho other members of the tiny community were friendly and sociable. Whilo there was frequently a shortage of “civilised” food, game was plentiful, and they fared sumptuously on quails and marsupials and other dainties of the wild; Later ’the household removed to a deserted mining-field on the north-south line. Here a monotonous diet of canned beef replaced these succulent delicacies.-

The experiences of the author are interesting, as are also tho pictures of the people she meets and her views on the aborigines and the future of the Northern Territory, it is a book that will be read with, interest by all who dosiro to know more about that part of Australia: —(Angus and Robertson.)

Although not a scientific treatise on salesmanship, Mr. W. 11. Beable’s “Behind the Counter” is a book that can bo read and studied with advantage by all connected with the retail distributive trades. The author, who is ex-president of tho Incorporated Sales Managers’ Association, London, has given us a brightly written book, indicating a wide knowledge of the field of distribution. ' It can profitably be. read by all, from the firstyear junior to the general manager. (Angus and Robertson,)