UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.
£10,000,000 PROPOSITION.
LONDON GOODS SERVICE.
WORK FOR 60,00.0 MEN
FOUR YEARS TO CONSTRUCT
('Jeceived July D. 10.'.5 p.m.) L'nllffl Service. LONDON, July 9. Mr. .J. If. Thomas, Lord Privy Seal and .Minister in charge of I'ncmployment,, is considering a £40,000,000 scheme sponsored by Viscount Elibank for the construction of hu underground goods railway in London of a total length of 75 nnles which would provide work for 60,000 men for four years. Lord Elihank claims that his scheme would solve the problem of the Loudon street traffic and would link up the wharves with the railway stations ahd West End stores. The railway would
The promoter says technical experts have considered every detail of the scheme, which is in the hands of an influential syndicate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20303, 10 July 1929, Page 11
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