AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY GAUGE.
SYDNEY, July 13. The Federal and New South Wales Governments are considering an important modification of the railway gauge unification scheme, whereby it is claimed that the mileage will be reduced some hundreds of miles and will be independent of Victoria and South Australian co-operation, which do not favour the existing proposals. Also, that it would assist in developing national land undertakings and the completing of important hungup railways. It would be more advantageous from a strategic standpoint, and would greatly reduce the initial cost and work in altering gauges. The scheme is to link up the trans-continental railway from Port Augusta with the New South Wales system by one of three suggested routes, largely across country, instead, as previously proposed, of converting coastal lines.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18532, 14 July 1922, Page 7
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128AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY GAUGE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18532, 14 July 1922, Page 7
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