DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA.
Central and Northern Areas. TAXPAYERS’ HEAVY BURDEN. United Press Association—By Electrio Telearaoh—Co*' v rtflrht (Received August 21, 8.18 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 21. The development of Central Australia and the Northern Territory to date has cost the Australian taxpayer £15,000,000. The capital cost of the railways alone involving an expenditure of £5,500,000, the interest on which is £300,000 per year. The interest bill on the Northern Territory amounts, in addition, to £75,000 per year, while to-day the white population in Central and Northern Australia is less than half of what it vas in 1888. The closing of Vesty’s huge meat works at Darwin was a severe blow to the progress of that port, where expensive harbour improvements are languishing.
Darwin to-day is visited by one steamer per month each way, compared with thirteen steamers each way some time ago.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18652, 22 August 1930, Page 9
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141DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18652, 22 August 1930, Page 9
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