NEW FLOATING DOCK.
aunuii'b • ■ • ..w. A. and N.Z. SYDNEY. Jan. 8. The New South Wales Cabinet has decided to construct a floating dock: at Newcastle at a probable cost of £400,000. Some time ago the Federal Government |- offered to subsidise the dock to the extent of £135,000. The Premier, Mr. Lang, asked the Federal Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce,, to increase the subsidy, but the latter, refused. The Government now proposes ! to construct the dock without Federal assistance. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19221, 9 January 1926, Page 9
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