THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 127, 4 July 1914, Page 8

THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

To the Editor of THE SUN.

Sir,—Having duly noted that you gave the parthian shot in your footnote to Mr Hamlet's letter in to-night SUN, v I must apologise for seeking to trespass v ' for the third —and the last—tinie , in; • your valuable columns to make one pr,' two final observations in regard to our'y; epistolary debate on the above subject; ' In fact, I can hardly bring myself to execute the self-assigned task for laughing at his. grotesque attempt at argu-. ment. In speaking of his idea of my. want of knowledge oijrthe Northern Ter- ; ritory, he says, "I firmly believe he '[ knows as much about it as I do about"■'.; converting whiskers into mermaids',' tresses." Now, if we cut out the use- ' less tag phrase attached to the above • sentence, and stop at "do," I think 1 we" will thus make most sense. >ln his para-' graph outlining the points or names of places touched at during the bovine trip r I mark an improvement in his attempt at argument. It has a semblance ofj being literal, but unfortunately,..* fourth standard schoolboy:; cojijtl/"have; « sketched this with the aid of an imagin--ation and.an atlas. '"'- ..* ]

I now take ihy leave and hie me on 1 my way. Should it be my pleasure.toireturn, this way, I trust that when nexfc THE SUN'S proud bosom bears words: of and for the Northern Territory 1 may read-of its progress and development, its railways, its. agricultural andpastoral potentialities, its prospects for 1 sheep and _f or, mining,, ana of its" fyajjtf area supportirig i arid; r carrying - its "due" proportion of -BritisTif: stock £ Then as its proposed; railWy Jdnesr ey-f tend, perhaps somei 4^y s^r Hamlet journey thence arid .m«§et' ton* the"Barkleyf Tableland your huihble eorresp6n^iit.rri