UNFINISHED RAILWAYS.
i-’ret>3 Aasuualum —v.u|j,) ngiil. WEIMNUIU.m, T.iiS vAj. In me mouse! of Hep. es6nu..tivcs yesieiuay aiteinuOiii, tne Leudidir of tne Opposition* Sir Joseph Ward p.oijoed»d to explain what ne meant /when he said he proposed to ask rariiamuit 10 pass Certain ntioessary legislation. He did not w.sn 10 pretend ho was the head of the Government until?,. ho was actually there, but there was no reason why tney snouid not put into operation part at least of h*s policy, which was to spend £io,000,000 to finish the four sections of unfinished railways. At present they were losing money on these lines, but if finished the revenue from them would pay interest on the money he proposed to borrow to finish them. Sir Joseph maintained that during the last three years of office the Government had borrowed more than he proposed to borrow under his projected policy.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 98, 7 December 1928, Page 5
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