CORRESPONDENCE.
•*» We are di'slrljis of aforfiug ev^yvtreasolSblefacility for the discussion of public subjects; but it . must be understood that we are in no way responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents.
To THE EjDMOR QF THB NELSON EvTENIN^MaiL. , § Sir-%1. Flobser^ye from fsato'i-day^ Mail that the Nelson Provincial Government have again called for tenders for putting: together the gasholder for the Nelson gasworks, would you kindly inform 1 £qu~r[il4.tiifrSorsujj/ subscribers if this is another sample of the old fogeyism and superannuated ideas of how not to <?o it, so frequently 'manifested by the Nelson Provincial; Executive. '' It isa well-knowu fact, that in reply. ttfUfie *eali ! Wceaity nf'ade 'for the same work, several bona fide and reliable tenders !wer'<j redeivea* and no^ftei-lb^ib^ppened, 15 and in many~case,B H^e amouhWof the,, several " tenders* 'being made publip^ 'in . ' "Opposition to all. ideas .of justice and AiBWJIM'P < r^ft9^WM;!Sirj:if.;thfflvis ; in ycjipjriancp, wijih general; flustomfor* usage under similar circumstances id' connection, with tender^; for/. Government works. I;> feei^fe#feottynsmt(ii>Y''had it been the New "Ee-aTaW^overnment, the tenderers would have-been treated differently, and>- ?P fact, • 'i.fe^i i$i u /£' W KS4-. "!?$ P W ft Id' ! - 1 i -itn W»uW ?^ou fbUowr tjd6 t6> point 'obt that the time given iti rft l^e i{ fepecificatioiti (viz., six we^^frW^Vfee^ing tender is quite • ? W6 >n UftoHj ri! ffif "not in keeping with the;: labor resources of Nelson, in that line io.^ nb/usiijeßs (l ajn y d mpjTCespeciaHyfatfthis 1 8easpn :; wnen oulsid^ labor, isj donei at such diß- ! > advantage. ' I'd show the knowledge iof , io^ejTjS^Bft' gaa3yqrkff,athe instiiuctions: and ; information conveyed to those interested iß,.ara^DgSt~lpihpr/-:ina r tteraj' r 'that ; the half- • inch rivets of "the gasholder can be hammered-Cdld. 0 r'ckh ! only point to the .■■tbMi^iiy'fofi-s'tfdli.'S^hin^' ■ llua ''' L "■■'" l "- i j *■>■ This letter 'has' lengthened on my hands , muoHW6re^6m^iWpicted r wLen I coijomenced, but L^ru^l; you may, in the causes of fairplay^TSna a comer for its publica.■ol i-nvtii uoJIA _ ! I. am, &c, - ...-_..' j ; :; JZQ&OSL UO T AOITA^«SfeyKW. 1 Z JNelson, June .30... ! j,-<.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 158, 2 July 1873, Page 2
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326CORRESPONDENCE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 158, 2 July 1873, Page 2
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