TINS OR BOWSERS?
HARBOUR BOARD’S BENZINE QUESTION OF PRICE Mr. C. G. Macindoe. chairman oT
the Auckland Harbour Board purchasing committee, is evidently determined that there shall be no waste. “We can sell the cases for fourpence, and the tins should also be worth something/' he said in the course of a discussion yesterday on the relative cheapness of benzine out of the tap or by case. Mr. Macindoe stated that the committee was limited to the purchase of 50 cases at a time, but better c uotation could be obtained if larger iuantities could be ordered. He suggested the purchase of 2,000 cases wit a delivery spread over eight months. Mr. Campbell Johnstone thought that the tar k method was cheaper.
Mr. Macindoe: Yes, that is all right, but we can’t get the ships on shcrc. Later Mr. Macindoe explained that in the present instance case b« could also be obtained at a cheaper rate.
The committee was authorised to purchase 2,000 cases on the condition suggested.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 209, 23 November 1927, Page 7
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168TINS OR BOWSERS? Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 209, 23 November 1927, Page 7
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