LONDON TRANSPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 220, 17 September 1938, Page 14

LONDON TRANSPORT.

WARM PRAISE FOB BOARD,

LONDON,

Mr. Leslie Burgin, Minister of Transport, has sent his sincere congratulations to Lord Ashfield and all the members of his staff on the attainment of the fifth anniversary of the London Passenger Transport Board. It would have been cany for an organisation so vast in its ramifications to develop into a soulless machine," he says. "The unfailing courtesy of your staff, the constant attention to tlie comfoht of your passengers, and the irresistible appeal of your posters completely falsify any such fears. "The acute problems created by the unprecedented building development in the outer ring of London and the evergrowing volume of road traffic are being tacklcd by the board with courage and initiative."

In thanking Mr. Burgin for his "generous tribute," Lord Ashfield stated: "It gives all of us much encouragement in our task to receive such a message from you, and you may be assured that it will stimulate us to even greater efforts in the future. You have given much happiness to the five-year-old child."