DUNEDIN P.O.
QUESTION; -OF TENDERS,
[Per Press Association, Gop^riyht.)
AUCKLAND, August 28
Comment was made ,to-day by the secretary of the, Auckland Bnilders Association, Mr R. G. Norton, on a Dunedin report, that’.only three Dunedin ■ firms tendered* for the post office. He said three leading Auckland firms tendered, and. it* was- reported in the trade tiidt tlie' totalled -nine or-ten: Hte* regarded the Dunedin report as indicating the possibility that the Government will not proceed with the was no more risk to-day regarding fluctuating prices than at any other time. It was a most advantageous time for securing low prices. The cost of tendering, for such a job would be not less than £260 per, tender, and it would be, a, shameful breach of faith if the Government having involved contractors and sub-contractors in a heavy expsnee, should decide not • to proceed with the work. The Government could not allow any. doubt to prevail as tp its intentions;
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1933, Page 6
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158DUNEDIN P.O. Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1933, Page 6
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