THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
ZAMBESI BRIDGE SCHEME. (IBITXSH omclil WIBELKBI.) RUGBY, July 1. Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr Philip Snowdon I Chancellor of the Exchequer) said tlie total estimatod cost of the Zambesi bridge schema, including railway extensions, was a little over £3,000,000. The British Exchequer was responsible for £500,000, and the Nynsaland Government for just over £2,500.000. The Prime Minister (Mr Ramsay Mac Donald) stated that it had now been decided, in view of the short time remaining, not to seek the appointment, this session of a joint committee to consider the question of closer union in East Africa.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19970, 3 July 1930, Page 12
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