Sir Claude Reading

At June 30, 1939, the Commonwealth Bank Board members were Sir Claude Reading (Chairman), S.G. McFarlane (Secretary to the Treasury), Sir, Harry Sheehan (Governor), A.F. Bell, R.S. Drummond, M.B. Duffy and L.F. Giblin.
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R.B.W. McComas was a merchant, the proprietor of W.M. Houghton and Co., and had been chairman of the Woolbuyers' Association in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, Sir Claude Reading had been managing director of the British-Australasian Tobacco Co. and a director of other companies.