LONDON’S TRANSPORT SYSTEM.
TUBES“ AND OMNIBUSES.
OFFER TO GOVERNMENT.
F LONDON, Jan. 24. Newspapers ;_\are ldiscussing a plVOposal by the "London 'tr.-affic combine “that it should hand over tubes and omnibu-shes to the Ministry of Transport on similar terms to »the railways, by which the Government would guarantee shareholders ipre-war dividends. Papers point out that the combine’s move is due to widespread protests against the comoine’s B'ill seeking Parliamentary sanction £3“ substantially increase fares. The Government might be'willing to take over the ‘tubes, but not the omnibuses, which are responsible for 70 per cent. of the estimated deficit. ‘
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3394, 27 January 1920, Page 6
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98LONDON’S TRANSPORT SYSTEM. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3394, 27 January 1920, Page 6
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