RAILWAY-SLEEPER PROBLEM.
' By Telceraph-rress Association-OopyriEht j Melbournß, October 16. The House of Representatives is discuss- |. ing Mr. Hedge's motion censuring the s Government for its decision to uso karri sleepers in the construction of the Knl-goorlie-Port Augusta railway, in preference to moro suitable timber. Mr. Hedge urged tho merits of jarrah, and condemned tho powellising process. He stated that tho New Zealand Government had cancelled n contract for powellising white pino sleepers, owing to the decay of some after two years. The process was still in an experimental stage.
Mr. O'Mnlley, Minister for Home Affairs, in, replying, said the motive bo hind the motion wag the defence of a monopoly. He gave instances to show that tho powellising proce'ss was effective in preserving timber. '
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1574, 18 October 1912, Page 5
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124RAILWAY-SLEEPER PROBLEM. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1574, 18 October 1912, Page 5
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