A NEW ROAD.
GREAT STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE. ITALY'S INFLUENCE IN AUSTRIA. l'nlled Press Assn—Elect. Tel. Copyright. VIENNA, May 30. The President of Austria, llerr \Vilhelm )iiklus. to—iluy inaugurated an important slrnteg’lc road which cuts from west in east through the Austrian Alps and rises to 1100011. over the Pack Pass, after which it. has been namet‘t The road extends from firm to Klagenfurt. a distance of 95 miles. It has been six years under construction with the mlvit'c of Italian ofllcct's. The surl‘urc of the road is sumoienlly strong to Curry licnvy artillery and the nmuntain curves are especially hrozui. ltnl)‘ thus has increased her slrah‘xic intluonl‘v on Austria and llumrury mnl inllirvrlly nn Yugoslavia as sln- nussvssum :1 direct ruunrcling link with Hungary, Hm rrnntivr n! which is iMI mih‘s from tho. Italian t'roniivr null now can he I‘K‘dl‘llCl] 11y inrclmnisml units in lrss than the hours.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19900, 1 June 1936, Page 7
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147A NEW ROAD. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19900, 1 June 1936, Page 7
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