GERMAN AND ENGLISH TENDERS.
AUCKLAND HARBOR BOARD ACCEPTS SECOND TENDER BECAUSE ENGLISH.
[Press Association.]
AUCKLAND, Jail. 26
The Harbor Board, at its meeting to-day, decided by seven votes to' throe not to accept the lowest tender lor twelve large cranes, which was that of a German firm. The second tender, that of an English firm, was accepted. After adding tho ten per cent preferential duty to the amount of the German tender, it was £293 lower than that of the English firm.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2410, 27 January 1909, Page 5
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82GERMAN AND ENGLISH TENDERS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2410, 27 January 1909, Page 5
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