BRITISH RAILWAY POLICY.
BEATING THE OLD STANDARD. LONDON. March 23. Sir Eric (ieddes (Minister of Transporti, iv a presidential address to the institution of Civil Engineers, said that only England and America based their railwa}- policy on a regime of uncontrolled private enterprise, but even before the wa rthis was yielding in England to the idea of a regulated monopoly, in which State control would take an administrative rather than a legislative form. None of the transport services was able to exist to-day on its pre-war revenue basis. On the other band the community was entitled to a voice in determining charges for services and workmen's wages. Despite talk of chaos, we were well on the way to beat the previous best standard.— (A. and X.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 74, 26 March 1920, Page 5
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