CITY EDITION. PUBLISHED AT 4 P.M. BRITISH AND FOREIGN
United Press Association— <By Eltotrio Telegraph— Copyright. (Received May % 9.21 a.m.) RE-HOUSING DISPLACED WORKING PEOPLE. LONDON, May 1.
The —c oi Commons, by 210 votes to 202, rejected a Bill presented in favour of the London amd Northwestern Railway Company, as the company had heretofore failed to re-house the displaced working population. Mr Ritchie, who did hot support the rejection of the Bill, offered to agree to the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the general question of re-housing displaced working people in future. .:■•' (Received May 2, 11 a.m.) Mr Ritchie has issued a writ for £16,000 against the London and North Western Railway for evading the Workmen's housing clause. (Received May 2, 9.29 a.m.) THE COAL TRADE. LONDON, May 1. Mr Pierpont Morgan, having purchased 1,206,000 ordinary pound shares for £1,750,000, how controls Leyland . Bros.' Boston and Liverpool trade. Mr J. R. Ellerman,' the chairman of directors of Leyland Bros., controls the Liverpool, Mediterranean, Antwerp and Montreal trade. • GERMAN EXPANSION. . (Received May 2, 11 a.m.) LONDON, May 2. Germany is trying 'to acquire a coaling station on Margarita Island, Venezuela.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7088, 2 May 1901, Page 3
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191CITY EDITION. PUBLISHED AT 4 P.M. BRITISH AND FOREIGN Star (Christchurch), Issue 7088, 2 May 1901, Page 3
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