A BIG SCHEME
RAILWAY ROUTE PROPOSED
FROM N.S.W. TO PORT DARWIN,
(Australian Press Association)
SYDNEY, December 5
The Federal Ministry hag a proposal under consideration for the building of a railway from Bourke, in N e w South Wales, through a portion of Queensland and the Northern Territory, to Port Darwin.
It is understood that a British and local syndicate are prepared to undertake the construction of the li ne > providing that the Government grants the syndicate leasehold and also freehold rights over enormous grazing lands in t*e Northern Territory and also 99 years’ lease of Bathurst or Melville Island. ! 1
It is estimated, that l the cost of the line would be fifteen millions sterling.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1932, Page 2
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116A BIG SCHEME Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1932, Page 2
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