COMMONWEALTH STEAMERS
(UNITED, PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPXKIGHT.)
(Received 13th October, 12.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day.
The Commonwealth Auditor reports that the net profit, for the year ended 30th June, 1921, on the Commonwealth steamers was £102,948. The previous profit was £2,201,493, but the total loss on the wooden ships 1 amounted to £2,051,000.
[A cable message yesterday stated that a Bill was being introduced to Appoint a board of directors to take control of the Commonwealth line of steamers, so placing them beyond political control.]
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1922, Page 7
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