THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14257, 7 January 1920, Page 6

THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

CAREY'S CROSS-EXAMINATION. I>R GILRUTH'S POLICY. SOME UOLY INSINUATIONS. (United Press Association.) DARWIN. Jan. 5." Before the Commission Carey was cross-examined at length regarding allegations that certain officers connee'n/i with the Aborigines Protection Department were got rid of in order to prevent the truth coming out regarding the alleged ill-treatment and debasement of aborigines. Carey denied this. He also denied an insinuation that the only men wanted by the Gilruth Administration were cringers and crawlers, and that the Palmerston District Council was abolished because Dr Gilruth could not manipulate it. an I another Council, with three Government members out of seven, was substituted. The evidence disclosed that the expenditure on one Government demonstration farm was £31.000, and the revenue therefrom £782. On another farm the expenditure was £ll3, and the revenue £96, spread over several years. The solicitor, Mr Barrett. asserted|| that Dr. Gilruth did not desire agriculture to succeed in the Territory. He wanted to decry the "White Australia" poMcv and sell the territory to a syndicate like the British South South Africa Conwanv. Carey admitted that the Administration never had anyone on the demonstration farms who could demonstrate, but he denied that the policy was to show that the Territory was no good for white men, with a view to selling it to a meat company.