He returned to Australia and campaigned for an unsuccessful 1944 referendum to extend federal government power over employment, monopolies, Aboriginal people, health and railway gauges.
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One of these has been the topic of railway gauge, which he seeks to rename as " track gauge "-admittedly a rather minor WP : NEOlogism.
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The locomotives and rolling stock were imported from Victoria, Australia, this being the main reason why the 5'3 " ( 1600 mm ) railway gauge was adopted.
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So it is with railway gauges ( and supposedly Space Shuttle SRB diameters ) and 80 column displays .-- Talk 15 : 39, 23 August 2011 ( UTC)
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Another factor slowing the German advance into the USSR is the different railway gauge, which means that railroad lines in the USSR take longer to convert to German control.
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A small number of modelers adopted a model scale of 1 : 120 with using 9 mm gauge tracks to represent the narrow gauge railway gauge lines common in Japan.
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As Director-General of Australia's Land Transport Board, he presented a report on railway gauge standardisation that ultimately led to the eventual linking of all Australian mainland capital cities by a uniform rail gauge.
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Meanwhile, the Soviet forces were worn down by the Iasi-Chisinau Strategic Offensive Operation and the Belgrade Offensive, and also had to contend with logistical difficulties caused by the different railway gauge used in Romania.
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But in March 2011, the Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming stated that the project was delayed due to the first elections in Myanmar in 20 years and differences in the railway gauge of the two countries.
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The Protectionists advocated the protection of local industries through the imposition of tariffs on imported goods, the construction of a transcontinental railway, a uniform railway gauge, uniform suffrage, aged pensions and defending the Australian constitution from radicals.
