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I N the House of Commons on Monday. Mr. Alfred Barnes, Minister of Transport, moving the second reading of the Transport Bill, said that it was the largest and most extensive......

Rural Areas Neglected Forty-five Per Cent, Of The World's...

was already publicly or Stateowned, he said. The real issue was whether the scheme contained in the Bill was workable. Rural districts had never had transport facilities they......

Minority Affected Regarding Road Haulage Proposals, There...

19,000 A-licence holders with 86,000 vehicles, 27,000 B-licence holders with 53,000 vehicles and 149,000 C-licence holders with 306,000 vehicles. Under the compulsory......

Forthcomeng Events December 20-31.—" Britain Can Make It...

December 20-January 11.—British Road Federation Exhibition"; Tea Centre, 22. Lower Regent Street. London, W.I. January ZS, INT.—Anti-nationalization meeting, Caxton Hall.......

Logical Development " A Process Which Has Been Going On

in this country for more than a century is reaching its conclusion and consummation in this Bill. Transport has been moving steadily always to a monopoly solution, and the whole......