BRICKS AND CEMENT.
GOVERNMENT WORKS
(United I'ress Association — By Electric Telegru ph—Copyright.)
II (Received December 12, :') 5 a.m.)
SYDNEY, December 12. Mr Oakden, general manager of the MilbuiMi Line Cement Company, New Zealand, inspected the Government | brick works. He declared that they aro the best he has seen, and bhere :s no reason why bricks should cost the Government a pound a thousand. Mr Oakden also inspected the proposed site for the Government- cement works, and states that he is satisfied they will be able to manufacture a+half the present price. Hon. A. Griffith, Secretary of Public Works,- proposes to supply agricultural lime at cost price, and has adopted the New Zealand method of carrying it free on the rail'tVivs.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10501, 13 December 1911, Page 6
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120BRICKS AND CEMENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10501, 13 December 1911, Page 6
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