N.Z.R. COAL SUPPLIES
CONTRACT CRITICISED QUESTION ASKED IN HOUSE THE SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter j PARLIAMENT BLDGS.. Thursday. A further question on the Govern- j ment contract with the Taupiri Cool j Company was asked in the House today by Mr. J. S. Fletcher (Independ- | ent —Grey Lynn), who was recom- j mended by the Minister of Railways, j tiie Hon. W. A. Veitch. to place his question on the Order Paper so that [ a considered reply could be given in j due course. i Mr. Fletcher asked if the Minister j approved the method adopted by the ! Comptroller of Railway Stores in ealli ing tenders by urgent telegram for I supplies of coal and demanding an answer on the same day for more than | £200,000 worth of coal? Did the MinisI ter deny that the comptroller had accepted a tender from the Taupiri Coal Company at 19s 3d a ton, despite the fact that he had tenders, one for 700 tons and one for 750 tons at 19s a ton? Did the Minister think it was in the public interest to give the Taupiri jCoal Company more than £2,500 above [the price for which the coal could [have been purchased? i
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1069, 5 September 1930, Page 11
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201N.Z.R. COAL SUPPLIES Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1069, 5 September 1930, Page 11
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