NAVIGATION ACT
ROYAL COMMISSION SITTING. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. HOBART, January 28. (Received January 28, at 11.30 a.m.) Mr Alfred Willing, a timber merchant, in giving evidence before the Royal Commission on the operation of tho Navigation Act, said that since tho Act came into force he had lost business through his Inability to secure shipping when ho wanted it. The business which he once had with New Zealand had been lost fo>- tho same reason, and he had been compelled to refuse orders from there because of the lack of shipping facilities. Ho said it was all nonsense for the Union Steam Ship Company to say that it had intimated that a vessel was available to load timber, but it was unable to obtain cargo. Witness invited the Commission to visit tho wharves and see two shiploads which wore waiting for space.
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Evening Star, Issue 18543, 28 January 1924, Page 6
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147NAVIGATION ACT Evening Star, Issue 18543, 28 January 1924, Page 6
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