A MILLSTONE
COMMONWEALTH LINE Mr. Larkin, at a luncheon in conr.pction ■uith the termination of the Commonwealth Line, .?aiil that he had yfelt it iu.t duty to roll the Government that, under the existing conditions and coats, it was utterly impossible for the line to continue. It would have been a millstone around the neck of the Government. There were .many purchasers who could develop the line better than the Government could ever do, because it was impossible to divorce an organisation of this nature from polities. That; two ' other English-Alls trillion lines had sustained greater losses spoke volumes for the line. The purchaser. Lord Kylsant, told him that ho httd not bought the line for the sake of the ships, but in order i to obtain the organisation. He .asked,, "Where did you get these masters; they are the finest men we ever hadl"
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16772, 11 October 1928, Page 2
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145A MILLSTONE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16772, 11 October 1928, Page 2
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