JAPANESE RAILWAYS
THE GOVERNMENTS PURCHASE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. TOKIO, July 21. The •laj , an«ge Hrov eminent are pTrrchasmjT six railways for 260,000,000 tcii (£26,000,000) and a 5 per cent, tanas, which is payable in five years. [On March 16 the Lower House of-the Dipt passed the Railwav Nationalisation BEQ by 245 votes to 109.* The whose cost of the pnrchaee of the privately-owned home railways is estimated at 500,000.000 yen (£50,000,000). The Finance Minister stated that he was confident that the purchase could bo effected in five years withent dbtnrbing- the market.]
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Evening Star, Issue 12872, 23 July 1906, Page 6
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