Dates for Tenders

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 332, 18 April 1928, Page 6

Dates for Tenders

April 39. at 3 2 noon. —Separate tenders will be received for each of the following.—Erection of new school building, in wood, at Waihi Beach; removal of school building and erection of new outbuildings at Waikiekie East, near Whangarei; erection of additions, in wood, at the Otorohanga District High School. Auckland Education Board. April 19. at 12 noon.—Erection of additions and renovations at the Waitanguru teacher’s residence, near Te Kuiti. Auckland Education Board. April 20, at 12 noon.—Cartage of cream and general produce to Manukau Harbour ports, including Waiau Pa, To Tora, Pollok, Awhitu, Orua Bay and Wattle Bay. The New Zealand Cooperative Dairy Company, Ltd. April 20, at 4 p.m.—Excavating about 30,000 cubic yards of earth, etc., into five separate contracts. Mangawara River Board. April 20, at 10 a.m.—Supply and delivery of elevating and screening plant, A. Greville Walker, Victoria Arcade. April 20.—Painting Auckland Bowling Club’s pavilion, Grafton Road. Apply on job. April 24, at 4 p.m.—Erection of technical school buildings, in brick, at Hamilton. L. B. Campbell, district public works engineer. April 26, at 12 noon.—Erection of five houses at Otahuhu for railway employees. New Zealand Government Railway s. , April 30, at 12 noon.—Erection of a two-storeyed reinforced . concrete and brick building in Karangaliape Road. Wilson and Moodie, architects, Victoria Arcade.

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