THE RAILWAYS BOARD
SELECTION OF MEMBERS.
MANY APPLICATIONS MADE.
Large numbers of applications for positions oil the Rgilyayg Board to be set up under the Government Railways Amendment Act passed by Parliament during the emergency session have been received by various Ministers. All have been forwarded to the Prime Minister, who will bo. responsible for the final selection of the board of five. The board will assume office on June 1, on which date the control of the railways will be handed over to it, although there are several important reservations, chiefly relating to finance. The nsw organisation will control administration of the system, the stall and the running of trains, and it will be in its power to report to Parliament upon the advisability or otherwise of carrying out construction works.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1931, Page 7
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132THE RAILWAYS BOARD Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1931, Page 7
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