AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS.
[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]
(Per Press Association.)
Received ''May 9, at 8.25 p.m. . Sydney, May 9. The Chief Commissioner of Railways, before- the Public Works Committee, suggested' 'that'' the betterment tax, which was proposed-by Parliament, owing to the' enhanced value of land served by the railways, should be devoted to a reduction of the capital cost of the railway's- also that the railways be credited with: increased revenue derived from--the .sale.of Crown lands through which tluß.railways passed. '.:•. • -Melbourne, May 9. The'- railway, .revenue.; for the ten mp.nths. r is £343,000 above the same period of last year. ■
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10763, 10 May 1911, Page 4
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98AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10763, 10 May 1911, Page 4
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