Road and Rail This country and other countries will watch
with the closest attention the far-reaching experiment in road and rail transport which Sir Felix Pole has recommended to the Government of Northern Ireland, and which has now been officially approved. Some years ago Ulster's pioneer experiment in eliminating wasteful competition on the roads formed the basis of our own Road Traffic Act. Now co-ordination is to he carried further through the creation of a Road Board which will absorb all passenger and goods services on the roads and work in conjunction with the railways through a Joint Standing Committee, receipts, after the deduction of certain work- ing expenses, being pooled. By the careful direction of transport along the most suitable routes, road or rail, it is hoped to save the railways and produce a more efficient all-round service throughout northern Ireland. The time cannot be far distant when some similar scheme or schemes of co-operation must be adopted in Britain.
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