SENSATIONAL FACTS DISCLOSED
AUSTRALIA'S NAVAL DOCKYARD SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES By T«l«fr»Dh-Prese AseooiiHen^OifuStißto Sydney, Juno 5. The Minister of Befoneo (Senator Milieu) has received' tdie Mpo.rt of Mr. King Salter, the new general manager of the jiiivnl doclij'ard at Cockatoo Island, disclosing seassti-onal facts, regarding tho oxistiftg state of affairs, Under present circumstanofts, warship building would be verj? largely futile;vessols under construction cotilfi Jjot bo completed until half of their effectivelife has been concju^i; would take five years to b.uiKJ instead, o?'two-. Money was wanted, and tho •wh.gfeisl© supply of labour falls sliort of Titgent rcqnirempnts by seve.J-al hiindfed men. Tho present systciii of payineiiti addis 30 per cent, to $u> cftst of construction. The dockyard Squiptiient is $q deficient that vessels oould not- bo laiinclied if ready. Tho matter will be raised- k Pa-flfo* raent immediately.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2169, 6 June 1914, Page 5
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135SENSATIONAL FACTS DISCLOSED Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2169, 6 June 1914, Page 5
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