The Jam Contracts.
MRTAVERNER IN EXPLANATION (Received March 2fi, 4.38 p.m.) LONDON".. March 25. Mr Taverner, Victorian Agent-Gen-eral, informed Mr Arnold Forsier that the tender of Peacock's factory, Melbourne, for the supply of jam to the troops in South Africa was completed on May 4,1902, and in the following January the War Office accepted PeacocVs explanation of the tender. In accordance with the usual Victorian custom, the, alleged shortage was due to the inclusion of the weight of the tin. Mr Taverner also states that the Government inspected only for ipiality. not quantity. Only two Australian linns tendered for nett wught.-,.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19050327.2.33
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 781, 27 March 1905, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
101The Jam Contracts. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 781, 27 March 1905, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in