BRITISH RAILWAYS.
HEAVY INCREASED COST. PARTLY DUE TO STRIKE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Received March 1, 8.5 p.m. London, Feb. 28. •In the House of Commons, Sir Eric "Geddes (Minister for Transport), in the course of a statement in support of the I supplementary estimates for £21,000,000, i revering liabilities under the railway “agreement, said the provision was due -To the trade slump, the coal strike Twhich cost the taxpayers .£8,000,000). the Irish trouble, and increased wages. A curious feature of the debate was that Mr. J. H. Thomas (the railwaymen’s leader), championed the Government, particularly in connection with the settlement of railwaymen’s wages.— Aus and N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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