HC Deb 26 April 1938 vol 335 c14
27. Captain Alan Graham

asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will cause suitable inquiries to be made whether, in view of its prime strategic importance both to local and to Imperial defence generally, the Federal Government of Australia are actively considering the immediate linking up by railway of Port Darwin with the nearest railhead in the interior of the Continent?

Mr. M. MacDonald

I am causing inquiries to be made of His Majesty's Government in the Commonwealth of Australia, and I will let the hon. and gallant Member know the result.

Mr. Macquisten

Would it not be far better to construct a great motor road or speedway than a railway?