THE RAILWAYS BOARD.
SELECTION OF MEMBERS. MANY APPLICATIONS MADE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] "WELLINGTON, Friday. Large numbers of applications for positions on tbe Railways Board to be set up under the Government Railways Amendment Act passed by Parliament during the emergency session have been receiVed by various Ministers. All have been forwarded to the Prime Minister, who will be responsible for the final selection of the board of five. The board will assume office on June 1, on which date the control of the railways will be handed over to it, although there are several important reservations, chiefly relating to finance.
The new organisation .will control administration of the system, the staff and tho running of trains, and it will be in its power to report to Parliament upon the advisability or otherwise of carrying out construction works.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20862, 2 May 1931, Page 10
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138THE RAILWAYS BOARD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20862, 2 May 1931, Page 10
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