COCKATOO ISLAND WORKS.
PASS INTO PRIVATE HANDS. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association. 1 (Received Wednesday, 7 p.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 20. The conference of iron trade ofncials was notified by a private svndicate that it is negotiating with the Commonwealth to take over Cockatoo Island as a general engineering workshops. The conference passed a resolution deprecating handing over a National enterprise to private enterprise, but assuring the latter of the co-operation of the unions in the event of negotiations succeeding, provided the new company conforms to the conditions previously existing in the shops on the waterfront.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2234, 21 September 1922, Page 5
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