Essential to purchase all Railways at same date—Railway Stock to be converted into Government Stock—Price to be fixed by average of market price of Stocks for three years prior to introduction of Bill.
[Chapter VIII.]
Conclusion.
Interested parties not prejudiced—Staff now employed in services to be discarded will be required for increased traffic—Facility of transport will increase trade, and open new markets, not only here but abroad—Foreign countries would adopt reform as they did Postal system—Advantages of inter-communication with Foreign Nations.
ROYAL RAILWAYS
with Uniform Rates.
INTRODUCTION.
The Royal Mail! What scenes and memories are conjured up by these words! In the olden days, the Royal Mail coaches—in these modern days, the well-known scarlet Mail carts and motor vans arriving at all the larger railway stations from which the mail trains, always the fastest, convey the mails to every quarter of the United Kingdom, and over the whole world.