ORGANISING BRITISH TRANSPORT
" 'WOPOSIJD - MIOTSTR Y OF'WAYS AND -MEANS., London, February 26. \ M.r.. Edward Sliortt (Hoinp Secretary) introduced. in llie House of Commons, a establish it-Ministry of Ways.and Communications, with a view to the co-ordination'of-all means of transport.. Th¥ Government, lie stated, proposed to, take control of tlie railways, light'railways, ru'ads,' bridges, tramways, • canals, and--electrical -..supply. Nothing -was more universally important- than' the transport industry. Agriculture coijld not be developed; nor 'the housing problem settled, without adequate cheaptransport. A Committee of the House had dccided that the country could not revert to the private competition'of. prewar conditions.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 134, 1 March 1919, Page 7
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99ORGANISING BRITISH TRANSPORT Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 134, 1 March 1919, Page 7
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