RAILWAY APPOINTMENT.
. REASONS FOR IT. By Talesrrn.ph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. February 17}0.15 a.m.) , • ■/ London, February 16. . In connection with tho appointment of Mr. Thornton, an American, as General Manager of the Great Eastern Railway, Lord Claud Hamilton, the chairman of directors, says that one reason for tho appointment was Mr. Thornton's knowledge of electrical operation, arid because it was suggested that a change of system should bo confided to a man bringing new ideas.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1986, 17 February 1914, Page 7
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73RAILWAY APPOINTMENT. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1986, 17 February 1914, Page 7
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