FEDERAL POLITICS
COCKATOO ISLAND QUESTION DISCUSSED
COST OF H.M.A.S. ADELAIDE
By Telegraph—Prcei Association-Copyright.
Melbourne, April 7.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Mahony, speaking to tho adjournment motion, stated that H.M.A.S. Adelaida was launched at Cockatoo Island within eight months of the keel being laid. Thousands of pounds’ worth of material had gone astray, and private shipping companies had had work done which was charged against the Adelaide. Sir Joseph Cook replied that the charges would 'be sifted to the bottom. He admitted that the cost of recondition, ing • a transport had been wrongly charged against the Adelaide, which was built as cheaply at Cockatoo as she could have been in England. He regretted the wholesale dismissals, which were unwarranted.
The motion lapsed. It was stated, in reply to a question, that the cost of tho Adelaide was £l,505,000, and that a further .£lOO,OOO was required for her completion. Both Houses adjourned to Thursday.— Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 165, 8 April 1921, Page 5
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156FEDERAL POLITICS Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 165, 8 April 1921, Page 5
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