AUCKLAND POST OFFICE.
LIST OF TENDERS. The following tenders were received for the construction of the new Auckland Post Office:— Accepted! . , J. and W. Jamieson (Christohuroh) ... jE95,65i Rejected! ' W: 6. Hutcheson (Auckland) ... '... .£95,801 J. T. Julian (Auckland) ... ... „.' £99,500 Howie and Matthews (Wellington) ... .£100,643 A. Gillies and Co. (Dunedln) ... ... £109,011 M. Frain (Wellincton) ... ... ... £110,217 P. Phileos and Son (Auckland) ... .4115,525 Quthrlo ond Colobourno (Anokinnd)... «E120,881 James Moody (Anoklaud) £122,908 Tenders . wore' invited ' for four alternative styles of construction, and the tender which has been approved provides for thb most handsome and substantial of- the four ■ schemes. Coromandel granite will be iised for tHe whole of the ground iloor masonry, with Oamarh (tone above, and piles uf ferro-doncrete. Alternative proposals wero to have pile of iron bark, and uses the Oamaru stone for tho ground story,'where It is always liable to be hacked with ■ knives and ■ otherwise defaced by passum vandals. It is stated that the new uost office should bo a very handsome bnilding.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 523, 2 June 1909, Page 7
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163AUCKLAND POST OFFICE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 523, 2 June 1909, Page 7
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