Parlimentary Report by Col. M. F. Bruxner, 24/ 9/ 1935, re: Proposed Railways

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N.B. I have mentioned that I have a copy of this report a number of times on the Facebook group, I have now finally scanned it. Please excuse the lack of OCR, I'm using Linux, and don't have suitable OCR software on my workstation.

A number of years ago, I visited the State Archives in Saint Mary's, Sydney, and requested files on a number of subjects. One such request was on the ill-fated Casino to Bonalbo Branchline. In the file was this Parliamentary report written by one Colonel M. F. Bruxner, then Minister for Transport, and the owner of the Sandilands Estate. As is known, the highway from Ballina through to Tenterfield, passing through Casino and Tabulam, is named the Bruxner Highway, which I sense was a massive insult to the people on the part of the Government, an immortalisation of the man who hammered the nails in the coffin of the railways of the North Coast.

However, in far more formal works, as a historian, amateur as I may be, my feelings and opine are not part of the story. My notes here concerning my opine on events would never appear in anything I may happen to publish in future, only hypotheses that can be supported by the facts. This being said, I have been told I will be shown where Col. Bruxners grave is when I am ready to undertake that site survey. Go figure.
You may also note that the beginning of the report actually deals with the equally as ill fated Guyra to Dorrigo Branchline. I decided to post this in the Casino to Bonalob Branchline sub-forum as the C to B Branch is the primary focus of my research.

Cheers!