AUSTRALIA'S STRATEGIC RAILWAYS
DISCUSSED AT PREMIER'S CONFERENCE. Sydney, May' 7. The Premiers' Conference is sitting in oamera.
Mr. Fisher (Federal Prime Minister) attended and discussed matters of interest to tie Commonwealth, including a strategic railway, covering a distance of 2618 miles from Perth, to Brisbane. The Conference agreed that such a railway was a necessity, and decided that the expert opinion of the Railway Commissioners of the States interested be obtained regardinc various points involved, including the New South Wales scheme for utilising to a greater extent tho existing lines than the Common' wealth proposal provides, thereby saving four millions of tlie twelve millions estimated cost. It is ■understood the Commopwealth will construct, work, and pay for the line.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 2456, 8 May 1915, Page 7
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119AUSTRALIA'S STRATEGIC RAILWAYS Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 2456, 8 May 1915, Page 7
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