ELECTRIC POWER
SCHEME FOR BRITISH RAILWAYS. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. (British Official Wireiess.) RUGBY. April 20. llie report ol tile committee consisting of Lord Weir, Sir Ralph Wedgwood. and Sii William AleLiiitoek, who have been examining the economic and other aspects ol the electrification of British railways, is published. The com mi tree’s conclusion is that a complete electrification scheme is both feasible and desirable and that the capital expenditure is estimated to approach £-i,OUO,i)()l). 1/30 spread ovei 15 or 20 years, and would yield a gooct return. The scheme is admittedly of unique magnitude, but the Committee points out that £500,000,000 has been spent in the lasi ten years on roads.
The Prime Alinister (Air J. Ramsay AlaeDotiad), opening the new eiectn- :• 11 v * how rooms ai Aylesbury last night said the development of electricity was going to be one ol vne most important events in the industrial and domestic lii-Toiv oif the country.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1931, Page 6
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154ELECTRIC POWER Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1931, Page 6
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