FOR PRESS P. M N3 96
S. A. RAIL STANDARDIZATION
Statement by the Prime Minister. the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert
Menzies
Agreement which will allow an early start
to be made on initial work on the Port Pirie/ Broken
Hill railway standardization was reached at a conference
in Canberra today between the Prime Minister, Sir Robert
Menzies, the Premier of South Australia, Sir Thomas
Playford and the Commonwealth Minister for Transport,
Mr. Opperman. In a statement after the meeting, the Prime
Minister said that the Railways Comm. issioner for South
Australia and the Commonwealth Railways Commissioner
had already reached agreement on the standards of
construction to be observed in the works.
The discussions today with Sir Thomas Playford
had cleared the ground so that first steps could now be
taken. It had been agreed that construction work
should be done under a series of contracts and it was
hoped to call tenders for early contracts by the end of
the current financial year.
CANBERRA, 2nd May, 1963,
Menzies, Robert
Period of Service: 19/12/1949 - 26/01/1966
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Release Date:
02/05/1963
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
729
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