RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND COMPANIES MANY SCHEMES RECEIVED British Official Wireless Reed. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Sunday. Mr. Herbert Morriston, Minister of Transport, in a speech last night, referred to the various activities of the Government in connection with the railways. Under the Development Act, the railway companies had been invited to submit .-proposals for re-equipment, with a view to improving the efficiency of the railways system. A large number of proposals was being received, and some schemes had already been authorised, while a considerable number of others would come forward soon.
The Government had under consideration the problem of the electrification of the main line railways. He had an open mind on the economic and traffic aspects of the matter, though he had no doubts, from the point of view of public amenity. The purpose of the committee which had been appointed under the chairmanship of Lord Weir was to examine this question primarily as a technical and business proposition.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 805, 28 October 1929, Page 9
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