TRANSPORT BILL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15788, 9 April 1919, Page 8

TRANSPORT BILL.

DEBATE IN THE COMMONS. i Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Received April 9, 8.3 a.m. ; LONDON, April 8. In the Honse of Commons, Mr Short, i replying to Gretton’s amendment of the I Transport Bill that no understanding bo established T>y the Ministry until the ‘Estimates are approved, said existing ' circumstances made reliable estimates impossible. He hoped the House would trust the Treasury. Sir Edward Carson stated that the - Bill established the most gigantic Dei partment ever known, and would prove . the most expensive experiment hi his-,.-tory. Sir Eric Geddes had carte blanche ■to spend what he liked for two vears. Th is was gambling gone mad. No estimates were required, and there was no limit to the expenditure by Sir Eric Geddes. The debate was adkurrned.