"THE RAILWAYS MUST PAY."
"I have had a mighty big fight to bring the railways up to paying their interest," remarked the Hon. J. A. Millar (Minister for Railways) to a deputation which waited upon him. Fe went on to say that he was not goiag to do anything to impoverish the railways so that the taxpayer would ha c to pay anything towards the interest. "I will make them pay their interest all through," he continued. : "If the country wants another policy, it can get another Minister. I will not do it. The railways ought to be run on business lines, and I have tried to do it." '
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Northern Advocate, 22 September 1910, Page 5
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