TASMANIA AND THE COMMONWEALTH.
~ ANNUAL LOSS OF' £111,000. By Telesraph-Press ABsociation-CopjTlirlit. Hobart, February. 2. . Giving evidence before the Royal Commission inquiring into the financial loss sustained by Tasmania through Federation, the Premier (Sir Elliott Lewis) eaid that, while the' other States of the Commonwealth had gained, an average of .£1,626,000 annually by /Federation, Tasmania had lost JJIU.OOO annually.
Another effect was that the large factories on the mainland had developed under Federation, compelling some of the smaller factories in' Tasmania to close, and rendering others less profitable,
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1042, 3 February 1911, Page 5
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87TASMANIA AND THE COMMONWEALTH. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1042, 3 February 1911, Page 5
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