The Archive · 1924

CANBERRA THE NEW cAPiTAL

The Commonwealth Parliament and administration will soon be Aransferred to the new city of Canberra. 'The Federal Cabinet has held' a meeting on the site of what will no doubt. some day be one of the great cities of the my—|world. There is not at present a great deal to show in the way fof buildings but a tremendous lot of dead work, that is buried work, sewerage, water, and light supply has been done. There is to be a temporary Parliament House, which is to last throughout the 50 years before permanent buildings are erected, and of this the foundations are now For accommodation one hotel now being built to house Mason, ard comes to attend the celebrations of the centenary of the Sydney Chapter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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