Transport & infrastructureRoyal commission
Royal Commission on Ocean Shipping Service
11 January 1906 – 29 June 1906
A commission of members of Parliament that inquired into ocean shipping services to and from Australia, following a 1905 select committee on the same subject.
How it came into existence
Appointed by Letters Patent dated 11 January 1906, during the second Deakin government. Josiah Thomas MHR chaired it; the other members were J. M. Chanter, J. Gibb, C. McDonald, H. Mahon, S. Smith, W. G. Spence, D. Storrer and H. Willis.
How it ended
Its report was presented on 29 June 1906, and the commission then ended.
Main functions
- Ocean shipping and mail services
- Freights and shipping arrangements for Australian trade
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