WASTE AT CHEPSTOW.
* LOSB ON NATIONAL SHIPYARDS. (St Cable—Ptt«s AaaociaUou —Copyriciit.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, January o. The Select Committee of tho jlouso of Commons on National Expenditure i commends the gcnoral efficiency of tho i Ministry of Shipping, hut considers that ] the national shipbuilding yards venturo nt Chepstow should havo boon subjected i to stricter financial control, though tho l fccheme was ju&tifiable in time of emer- i gency. The total expenditure waa £6,120,000. Tho committee approves of the Ministry's decision to sell tho yards, and says that concrete shipbuilding was not a success. Steel barges would cost less than concrete barges. Tho vonturo resulted in a loss of J £2,743,000.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16726, 8 January 1920, Page 7
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