Commonwealth and State officials will confer in Canberra this week to discuss the plans of Sir Harold Clapp for the unification of railway gauges throughout Australia, The Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) will preside. The above map shows how unification would take the gaps out of Australia's railway system. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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