"FREEZING OUT."

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 128, 6 July 1914, Page 7

"FREEZING OUT."

RAILWAYS IN THE WEST.

By C*blt. —Press Association.—Copyright. (Received July 6, 10 a.m.) LONDON, July 6.

The "Observer," replying to Sir Newton Moore, Agent-General for West Australia, declares that the simple facts were that the West Australian Government had long shown a desire to freeze out the Midland Company. [A cable message last week stated:— Replying to the allegations of unfair treatment of investors in the Midland railway, Sir JNTewton J.„.Moore, AgentGeneral for West Australia, in a long letter in the "Observer," sets out the circumstances of the company's concession, justifying- the Construction of the Wogan Hills-Mullewah railway and the taxation of the Midland Company. The '-'Observer" insists "that the Conditions have been altered to the detriment of shareholders.]