NAVAL SCANDAL.
MORE SYDNEY REVELATIONS.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received May 6, 11.30 p.m. Sydney, May 6. 4t the Cockatoo Island inquiry an officer of the naval works department gave evidence that extensive timber frauds were carried out on the island. He quoted as an example one case in which men sent to requisition 900 feet of timber from the dockyard store took 5000 feet. Witness gave further evidence that a man who had been concerned in a big African flour conspiracy, involving £26,000, after serving a sentence of nine months, secured a responsible position at the island, where his duty was to pass accounts. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1921, Page 5
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109NAVAL SCANDAL. Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1921, Page 5
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