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Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin, NT : 1873-1927) (about)
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NEWS & NOTES
On Sunday afternoon last, the 29th ultimo, the Darwin Brass Band, un- der the leadership of Mr. C. M. Clark, bandmaster, played, the fol- lowing' programme s at the foot". of Fort Hill:-March, "Whitworth"; Hymns, "Lead Kindly Light," "On- ward Christian Soldiers"; March, "Bonnie Jean." Interval. March, "Victoria"; Selection, "Alas, Those Chimers" (Maritana); Hymns, "Son of My Soul"; "Stand uprfor Jesus"; March, "Wairoa"; "La'Marseillaise"; "God Save the King."
We are informed' that it is the1 in- tention of the local Labourites ' to shortly unveil a monument 'at> the Darwin cemetery to the memory of Mr. Tom Crush, the first Parua-^ mentary larbor representative for the Northern Territory. ,
At 1 the local court O'a Thursday last, the 26th ultimo, before Mr. W. G. Stretton, S.M., Carl Thiel was charged with having stolen a 'oottle of whisky and a bottle o£ dry gin from the Club Hotel. Accused was found guilty and fined £5 with £2
15s costs. ' '
The s.s. "Houtman" 'covered the distance between' Sydney and Darwin in exactly nine days. Then she had
to anchor out from the local wharf for about a day and took 80 tons of timber consigned to this port on
to Batavia.
The action of the Gilruth Adminisi
tration in accepting a tender of £173' ios for rc-crection of fences near the Camp is likely to do some- thing towards improving the appear- ance of that part of Darwin, but the work was not immediately necessary and the money could have been spent to better advantage. The action of the Administrator dn ¡moving the ¡align- ment of a street fence without first asking permission of the Palmerston District Council in whom the land is
fveisted', is quite on a par with tha
line of conduct Dr. Gilruth has chos- en to pursue, and few Councils othes than the Palmerston one would allow him or anyone else to flout them in
such a manner. '
The members of the Darwin Cabio
Guard now in camp desire to thank residents who have from time to time sent them along little comforts whicil
have done much to make their enforc- ed military duty more pleasurable The gifts were top many in number toi specify here.
' Old cattlemen in Kimcerlcy and " Northern Territory will be glad to learn; that Mr. Walter Marshall has been appointed general manager of
all Vestey Bros, affairs in the Ter-/ ritory. Mr. Marshall's long experi- ence in the practical and s.financial working' of cattle stations »and ¡markets should render him eminently fit for the responsible position in question.
A deputation of Central Australian pastoralists and -mining men waited on the Acting Minister of External Affairs, to ask that the railway be extended on the same narrow gauge
from Oodnadatta to Alice Springs. Many thousands of stock could have been saved from the droughty strick- en 'districts if the railway haoVbeen in existence. The deputation also ask- ed that a branch land and mines
office be established at Alice Sprpgs for the general convenience of Cen- tral Australian settlers. The Min- ister expressed himself very favor- ably towards the requests of the de-; putation. Mr. Mendell said his league were pledged! toi a 'broad gauge line that would1 carry fast mail and passenger trains from Adelaide to Darwin, thence to Europe. How- ever, he would be thankful for> small mercies, and hoped the Minister would ,give his best consideration to the requests of the deputation.
The sale is reported of .y j 0500 acres of rich freehold land, -'.having five miles frontage to Adelaide, Riv- er,^ N.T., and once the property of the late Hon. James Munro, the erstwhile premier of Victoria.
Writing from Wollogorang station, under date November 4th, a corres- pondent states:-Storms have start- ed early this year, and 327 points fell here from the 23rd October to the 4th November, assuring a splen- did season. Owing to the war the .Wollogorang copper mines are clos-
ed1 down, and all men paid off. Five hundred bulls passed here last month travelling from Iffley Station to. Wave Hill, Drover W. W. "Braitling1 in charge.
Writingl ,from Blackboy Hills Camp, ' hear Perth, W A., under date .8th November, Mr. David Campbell Mac- pherson, formerly color-sergeant. in the Sutherland Highlanders, states: Just a few lines to let you know I got on all right after leaving Dar- win. From Fremantle I went x to
Perth, and then joined down there. . We are training hard and getting fit to knock the Germans out. There are a gTeat many Scotchmen in the
loth (16th Infantry, W.A., Austra-. lian Imperial Expeditionary Force)
so) I am well pleased. We hope soon,, ' toK get away."
.On the 26th ultimo, before'.Mr. W G. Stretton, S.M., Henry William "
Huggins, sub'-collector of Customs, - proceeded against a European for al - breach of section 233 B, sub-section ' 1, paragraph E, of the Customs Act. Mr. D. A. Roberts appeared for the informant and Mr. Mallam for the defendant. The case was dismissed.
Writing' from Echuca, Vic, under date October 28th the Rev. W. A. Millikan, formerly Methodist Minister
at Darwm, states that, since his re-' ? turn to the south, he has taken a
keen interest ' in the Northern Terri- / tory, and has spoken m its favor. On -the previous Tuesday night "he lectured at Echuca on the Territory, and showed a good number of lan-
tern sljdes. The Rev. and Mrs. Mil-'
liken, and the seven children arc all x in the best of health. They, how- » ever, lost their eldest boy who was >" born in Darwin. He went through'an " attack of appendices.