. Railway Times . be largely benefited. LhuheavT traffic that now congesting the railways wouldgo by the canals. 3?:Oil inL !XPlWMl«i 01 THl CALIWMAS >ML\»A1 MLWAY ;. [Aprii- i;. TQi:;. ■.. ^ witU i^iJ lurl luf IJw :., :,.:•- 1 .»., .,-1 ,. •■-f~»»t. J. <u:; r;.; AMonur Itir Ictu(« thtt •!*•> t> i£ni(r t. lav^rr M^icliv snanv trains to the towns botw.^.!i< ha<1 to be duplicated, while in twom sL\ and seven sectionsnilyrr of golfers for tlu- I£ast-ikcJ at Liverpool Street-jH-i were ri-.)iiirfd.,«il Street to Soulhend ; thr bil (iH-
. Railway Times . be largely benefited. LhuheavT traffic that now congesting the railways wouldgo by the canals. 3?:Oil inL !XPlWMl«i 01 THl CALIWMAS >ML\»A1 MLWAY ;. [Aprii- i;. TQi:;. ■.. ^ witU i^iJ lurl luf IJw :., :,.:•- 1 .»., .,-1 ,. •■-f~»»t. J. <u:; r;.; AMonur Itir Ictu(« thtt •!*•> t> i£ni(r t. lav^rr M^icliv snanv trains to the towns botw.^.!i< ha<1 to be duplicated, while in twom sL\ and seven sectionsnilyrr of golfers for tlu- I£ast-ikcJ at Liverpool Street-jH-i were ri-.)iiirfd.,«il Street to Soulhend ; thr bil (iH-i il M ID lie BMr rlU-d tlu ■ Iancrasai .md ; ,,;ivii Sircrt .1 KicUin from oti .! ■ rtiih and l*ir Ji ■ r, ..ril (f«« anv CaK •_ •!.•»■ •—■ lUTII IMIIU TIUfK foil •rt«M>(4C «•« I a* April 13, 1912.] THE RAILWAY TIMES. 383 PARLIAMENTARY. THE LIGHT RAILWAYS BILL. Second Reading J^ the House of Commons on Wednesday,Mr. J. M. Robertson, Parliamentary Secretary to theBoard of Trade, formally moved the second reading of tlicLight Kailways Bill (the text of which was given in ourissues of March 30 and April 6). Sir F. Banbury (City ot London—IJ.) said that clause 6 ofthe Bill empowered local authorities to guarantee interestnot only on the debentures but on the ordinary capital oflight railways. Under the Light Kailways Act of 1896, localauthorities had power to advance money by loan to lightrailways, so that he could not see what the object of clause 6was. The Act of 1S96 contained various provisos as to localauthorities raising .such money, and he wanted to know whetherthose provisos were done away with. Mr. Watson Rutherford (Liverpool, W. Derby—U.) saidthat if he und
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