GAUGE UNIFICATION.
SYDNEY, July UL The Federal and State Governments pre considering an important modil’ea tion of the railway gauge unification scheme, whereby it is claimed the mil-.; age will be reduced some hundreds of miles ami be independent of A icl oria'. and South Australian co-operation, which does not favour the existing proposals; : Iso that it would assist in developing n: tional land undertakings and completing important hung-up railways. It would be more advantageous from the strategic standpoint and would greatly reduce the initial cost, of the work in altering the gauges. The scheme is to link up the Trans-Contin ental railway from Port Augusta with the New South Wales system.
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Grey River Argus, 14 July 1922, Page 7
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