BRITISH RAILWAYS.
STATE CONTROL DISCUSSED. By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright London, November 14. The Royal Commission appointed last montli to report as to what changes are desirable in the relations between the State and_ the railway companies held its first sitting yosterday,- Lord Loreburn, formerly Lord Chancellor, presiding. _ Lord Loreburn said it was not intended to adjudicate on disputes between the companies and their customers. Mr. W. F. Marwood, Assistant Secretory to the Board of Trado (Railway Department), representing, the board, gave evidence that the traders' main complaint was regarding inequalities in the rates due to competition. A common grievance was that preference was given to foreign imports. The Board of Trade desired to ascertain whether .State control could bo developed, or something more drastio.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19131117.2.56
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1908, 17 November 1913, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
123BRITISH RAILWAYS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1908, 17 November 1913, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in