CIVILIAN TRANSPORT
MIDDLE EAST NEEDS CONFERENCE IN CAIRO (British Official Wireless.) (9 a.m.) RUGBY, April .9. Mr. R. G. Casey, Minister; of State in Cairo, opened the first conference of experts on motor transport in the Middle East, says a Cairo message. Delegates from all countries concerned were present. , Mr. Casey said. the fighting .services could easily and profitably employ all the new vehicles which : could , be. added to the pool, but the movement of food: and fuel.for the.people, manufactured .goods, and the need's of personal, transport must continue to. have their share. A As it was impossible to increase the total amount.of transport, .the fighting services’ must give up part of what they required so that civilian needs could be met. He believed the transport problem would become even more difficult.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21066, 10 April 1943, Page 4
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