NEW TRAFFIC BILL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 837, 4 December 1929, Page 9

NEW TRAFFIC BILL

GOVERNMENT’S PLAN FOR CONSOLIDATION PUBLIC OWNERSHIP Uii ited J’-4 Bit Tctcffraph — Coio t LONDON, Mondaj The Minister ot Transport, Mr. Her bert Morrison, announced in the Hons, of Commons that the Government had decided to substitute for the Trattii Bill, .vhich was rejected on July IS. far-reachins Rill to unify all transpon undertakings in the London area 11 n(1,1 one single control. Mr. Morrison said that without the elimination of the present wasteful competition there could not be sutli cient revenue from the present far’s to meet expenses and to develop tr;i£ tic facilities. The present complication of pi i vale and municipal interests added to the difficulties of the situation. He proposed to explore with the interests concerned fair and equitable terms for the consolidation of all the omnibus and tramway interests and the Underground Railways under public ownership. with unified commercial management. • LONDON SURPRISED SEEKING FURTHER DETAILS £100.000.000 INVOLVED LONDON', Tuesday. Everybody concerned with London s transport, as well as the newspapers, is frankly astounded at the statement made by the Minister of Transport regarding a new traffic Bill. The magnitude of the issue is shown by the fact that more than £100.000,000 of capital is involved in London’s railways, tubes, trams and buses. The Parliamentary correspondent ot the “Daily Telegraph’’ says it is quite certain that nakedly socialistic pro posals. such as this appears to be. will never be accepted by this Parliament. The Government will be pressed for a further explanation.