FOR URGENT REFORM
BRITAIN'S INTERNAL TRANSPORT,
(Rec. March 18, 11.5 p.m.) London, March 17. Speaking on the second reading of the Communications Bill, Sir Eric Uecldea (Minister for Ways and Communications) 6<iid that tho present system was semiparalysed and wasteful. Britain could never take her proper place among tho nations after ttjo war unless she regenerated and -unified her transport methods. Such reforms were vital to all otnor schemes of reconstruction. It _is announced that the Government is withtlrawinj; tne clauso empowering the Minister to nationalise'the railways,. canals, and docks by Ordcr-in-Council—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 149, 19 March 1919, Page 7
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94FOR URGENT REFORM Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 149, 19 March 1919, Page 7
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