ECONOMY IN BRITAIN.
COMMITTEE OP BASENESS MEN.
IBt Cable—P»w Awoefoticfc-Owrigfci) (XtutraiiMi and N.Z. Caw* Association.)
LONDON, August 16. Sir R. S. Home, in the 'House of Commons, announced that the Economy Committee of business men will consist Sir Brio Geddes, Minister of Transport, chairman. Lord Inchcape, chairman of the P. and O. Company. Lord Farringdon, chairman of the Great Control Railway.
• Sir Joseph Mucky,, formerly Shipping Controller. fcJor Guy Granet, general manager of the Mid.arid Railway.
[Sir K*bert Home, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced early tuis month that Cabinet hod decided, in view ot tiie Departmental rephoa to the Treasury oucu*airs to Government Departmeuts on tho necessity for economy, to appoint a Select Committee of business men to deal with reductions in expenditure. It was reported tliat Sir iiiiio tieddes, who is roßijjning. his portfolio, had undertaken to devote the wuoie of bis time tor the remainder of ttue year to tho work of the committee.]
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17227, 18 August 1921, Page 7
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