AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS.
•».— • AN APPEAL TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. Press Association—By Telegraph —Copyright. LONDON, December 11. (Received December 12. at 7.55 a.m.) The Midland Railway Company, Western Australia, asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to instruct the Governor not to sanction the Railway Traffic Bilk* which had been passed, as they amount practically to a confiscation of their property. .Mr Lyttelton declined to interfere, but telegraphed the Governor asking for a full report. The chairman of the company states that the company's contract was dated years before responsible government was granted, and therefore ought not to be sacrificed, hut held inviolate. HOBART, December 12. (Received December 12. at 10.20 a_m.) The Supreme Court made absolute the rule for the forfeiture of the Great Western Railway rights, on the ground of non-fulfil-ment of conditions
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Evening Star, Issue 12067, 12 December 1903, Page 5
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