DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA.
THE RAILWAY QUESTION. [Press Association—Copyright.] Melbourne, Fe,b 15. The Minister of Defence opened the Commonwealth War and Railway Council, consisting of military heads and the Commonwealth consulting railway engineer, to consider the question of railways in relation to defence. The Minister said that if tho railways wore to bo of any service in war time a scheme- by which they could be used should be drawn up in time ot peace The Commonwealth had no desire to interfere with the management of State railways. All he desired was that the question should be considered from the defence point of view. Without mobilisation and troops as merely stationary forces, defences would be useless. Another matter pi necessity was the formation of a railway control stalf for war. He hoped that the'result of the conference would be a real live scheme. ; The Council sits in private.
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Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13032, 16 February 1911, Page 3
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147DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA. Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13032, 16 February 1911, Page 3
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