THAT RAILWAY
! That railway of ours is etiill oaus- ' ing endless rtroubl©. Along 1-, the Main Trunk the timber milV may h:av€t to clotse, tlhrowiiinig jSKwne 600 .out oi work, amd - with: diependents, affecting som© 1000 .persons. The Mayor of Ohafcuae has , iofrwarded a strong telegram to the | Minister asking! for assisbaiace. One direction in which Thames i« .feelingi the 'pinch is in regard to ,-iiien. who' work an 4 the .ooamtry. There | are quit© a number of married men wiho go to work ito the oouaitry, ajndl in the ordinary couirsie come hoane^ for the week-end . ta their families. They come . umdiw the "No Travel" restrictions odr .to Departimenit, and aj© finding 1 it very difficult to keep in touch with their homes.-
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13967, 18 August 1919, Page 2
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124THAT RAILWAY Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13967, 18 August 1919, Page 2
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