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OPEN TO-DAY
Road to Canberra
CANBERRA Wednesday.
By the completion of the new
Federal highway between Goul
burn and Canberra the journey
by road from Sydney will be
shortened by eight miles.
The Minister for Home, Affairs
(Mr. Blakely) announced yesterday
that the road had been completed and
would be available for traffic to-day.
The new road will be far better
than the old road. The construction
was conducted on the most economical
basis, and it is anticipated that
the 'whole of the work, both inside
and outside' the Federal Territory,
has been completed within the
amount authorised.
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