BRITISH TRANSPORT CONGESTION
■ PRIME MINISTER'S REPLY TO DEPUTATION. (Rec. December 15, 8.40 p.m.) London, December 15. ■ Tho merchants and manufacturers of South W'ales formed a deputation io Mr. Lloyd Georgo, drawing attention *o the transport congestion. Mr. Lloyd George.attributed the congestion to war time,'the wear oil motives and wagons, the introduction of the eight-hour day, - , the ironmoulders.' strike, the increased rail traffic owing to the rife in coastal shipping freight?. He promised-.to reorganise shipping labour and coal control, anrl to ;=peed up the building- of rolling stock. JIo appealed to Labour and Capital to pull together, enabling the country to Irinm-. phantly enter the period of unprecedented prosperity in which he i oped all classes would participate—Aus.-N.Z; Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 70, 16 December 1919, Page 9
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119BRITISH TRANSPORT CONGESTION Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 70, 16 December 1919, Page 9
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