COSTLY PLANE-CARRIER
AUSTRALIA’S CONTRACT PRICE EXCEEDED BY £400,000 By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 11.40 a.m. CANBERRA, To-day. In the Commonwealth House of Representatives, the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Bruce, said that the new seaplane-carrier now being built at the Cockatoo dockyard would cost £1,325,250, about £400,000 above the contract price, owing to the increased charges for armament and ammunition, the operation of the 44-hour week, and the Workers' Compensation Act in New South Wales.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 168, 6 October 1927, Page 15
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