The Railway
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ELSEWHERE in this issue we deal editorially with the memorandum presented to the Minister of Transport by a railway deputation, to which we referred last week, but a résumé of this memorandum may be of interest. It must be remembered, of course, that the points put forward are entirely the railway view.
(1) During the past 15 years the railways have made representations to the Government upon the legal disabilities under which they are operating in comparison with road transport. At no time have they asked for preferential treatment, merely for equal treatment at the hands of Parliament.
(2) Legislation has eased some of the railways' disabilities, but has not touched the great differences between Parliamentary control of charges and conditions applicable to conveyance of merchandise by railways and road hauliers, respectively.
(3) The most recent representations were made to the Minister on May 24, 1938, when his attention was drawn to the injury caused to the railways by the present one-sided control of charges.
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