Agency:
Royal Commission on Management of Tasmanian Government Railways
Agency Number:
Start Date:
15 Mar 1923
End Date:
07 Jul 1923
Description:
Enquiry into management of the railways which led to the sacking of the then Commissioner of Railways, George Wishart Smith, who subsequently sued the Government. Report is published in JPPP No 18 of 1923. There is also a reply by the Commissioner of Railways published in JPPP No 31 of 1923. The Commission comprised George William Stead (Chariman), Frank Lindsay Gunn and Alfred William Burbury with Mr L. Norman as Secretary.;;
Series Created By Agency:
AF7 Numbered Files | 01 Jan 1902 | 31 Dec 1923 |
AE999 Exhibits and associated Paperwork | 22 Feb 1917 | 31 May 1924 |
AF3 Commission Working Files | 01 Jan 1919 | 31 Dec 1924 |
AE994 Correspondence Files | 21 Nov 1921 | 31 Dec 1923 |
AF1 Reply of the Commissioner of Railways to the Report of the Royal Commission and associated Correspondence | 01 Jan 1923 | 31 Dec 1924 |
AF2 Press Cuttings | 02 Feb 1923 | 23 Mar 1923 |
AE812 Transcripts of Evidence | 20 Mar 1923 | 27 Jun 1923 |
AE998 Precis of Evidence | 20 Mar 1923 | 30 Jun 1923 |