NOT A VERY AGREEABLE TRANSACTION
(Special Correspondent.)
Received Thursday, 7 p.m. LONDOisr, July 24. Protesting in the House of Lords agamst the uovermnent Biecttifciiy Bill under which private electricity companieS are tb hd liqiiidated and transl'erred tp the control of Govern ment authority, LOrd Swinton remindect the House of the Bihlical story oi David and Urlah. "You will re member," he said, "that David coveted Uriah's wife and the only way he could get her was to liquidate Uriah so Uriah was liquidated and the lady was duly transferred to a centrai authority. It was not a very agreeabie transaction. it -isn't ..field up in ^ublic schools or e'ven iii t ^bciaiist - Sunda^ schbols as bne^;to.-;be ^fila,ted. : a ; :
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 July 1947, Page 5
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