NORTHERN TERRITORY.
DEVELOPMENT PLANS. LORD LUKE’S CONCLUSIONS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, July 30.
The only thing that, In his opinion, would populate Northern Australia with whites would he the finding of gold there, said Lord Luke, when presiding at a meeting of Estates Control, Limited. .
Some people, he went on, apparently expeoted that Northern Australia was going to blossom like the ’rose, but the alternative to a gold find appeared to be a sparse population based on pastoral Interests. . Referring to the high* costs of cattle production in the far north, Lord Luke (who is chairman of Bovril, Limited,) said £IOO,OOO spent in Improving stock routes and making wells, particularly between the Northern Territory and Wyndham, would probably bo the most helpful development step the authorities could take.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19012, 1 August 1933, Page 5
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