TRANSPORT BILL IS CALLED A DISASTER
LONDON, December 19. j The .-tecond reading of the Trans- j loil Bill was earried by 362 votes to j !04. ; Mr. Anthony Eden, closing the 1 )ppu>ition'.s case against the Hill, de- | ilaieii that no man in trade plying in • if uiit of British ports believed that i he liill could do^anything but dam- i ige to the country. Tiie Government intended to as- | iunie an immense vested interest , inaiu-ially and politically, and therc j voull certainl.v be great pressure j lpon it to ensure railways prosperity i it the expense of essential rival | iieans of transport. ! II)-. Eden said the compensation | iroposals implied confiscation of the j ncomes of many who could ill alford ;t and ihe confiscation of the liveli- j jiood of many who had done nothing j b deserve it. j The Hill if passed, would be no- | thing less than a national disaster declared Mr. Eden.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5283, 20 December 1946, Page 5
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158TRANSPORT BILL IS CALLED A DISASTER Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5283, 20 December 1946, Page 5
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