RAILWAY EXTENSION.
VICTORIA AND NEW SOUTH WALES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 15, 10.30 p.m. Sydney, October 15. A conference of New South Wales and Victorian Ministers agreed to the Victorian proposal to extend two Victorian railways to New South Wales territory. The extensions will be from Wentwortn to Euston, at least forty miles, tapping part of the Riverina contiguous to Victoria, and will include construction of two bridges over the Murray costing £IOO,OOO each, of which Victoria will pay two-thirds and New South Wales one-third. The cost of the lines will be a quarter of a million. New South Wales is advancing money, Victoria paying interest on it. It also agreed to a joint scheme for utilising the Murray waters for irrigation.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 127, 16 October 1912, Page 5
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122RAILWAY EXTENSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 127, 16 October 1912, Page 5
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