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WORK FOR 60,000 WORKLESS COST TO BE FORTY MILLIONS RELIEF OF TRAFFIC CRUSH By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received July 9, 10.50 p.m. Sun Cable. London, July 9. The Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, Lord Privy Seal, is considering a £10,000,000 scheme sponsored by Viscount Elibank for the construction of a London underground goods railway 75 miles long, providing work for 60,000 men for four years. Viscount Elibank claims that the scheme would solve London’s street traffic problem. It would link up the wharves with the railway stations and the West End stores. It would have 54 stations. It is stated that technical experts have considered every detail of the scheme, which is now in the hands of an influential syndicate.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1929, Page 9
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