THE CHANNEL TUNNEL
. . BENEFITS TO; BRITAIN. DESCRIBED AS INCALCULABLE. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, January 7. (Received Jan. 8,. at 11 p.m.) The Paris correspondent of The Times states that at the stroke of a'pen England .can. become the western' terminus of the entire European- - rail • system ” is .how the French economists envisage the consequences of the channel tunnel. They consider : that Britain overestimates the military aspect;. Admittedly the Com: mittee of Imperial Defence rightly held that the tunnel had elements; of danger, but this comparative . drawback should not be allowed to outweigh the incalculable economic benefits by which Britain stands to gain most. ' It is estimated here that Britain in a few years will recover from the earnings of tlie tunnel the. entire cost of ‘defending the Dover approaches* The French share of the necessary capital would lie quickly - forthcoming.’ Egirieers are convinced" that the difficulty of disposing of the waste material, can be surmounted by: forcing it through Vertical borings into the , channel, as the method has: proved practicable on a .smaller scale.—Times Cable. :
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20611, 9 January 1929, Page 7
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178THE CHANNEL TUNNEL Otago Daily Times, Issue 20611, 9 January 1929, Page 7
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