CORRESPONDENCE.
EKETAHUNA SCHOOL FIREWOOD,
' [To the Editor.] ■•■• Sir.—ln answer to the plaintive -wail of Mr Selby in your issue of the 15th. ult. on the above subject, I beg* to! say (hat Mr Jonesrwho was deputed to deal with tenders only, exercised a discretion usual in such-cases of accepting and' rejecting any tender. So far aB I know a written tender has never been asked for-or required by the Committee for the...small contracts they give put, It' was. cer« tainly ao.in this case. As rogards'what. Mr Selby says about his men cutting twocords of firewood for Mr Shelton; - Tpasa that by as business which does notconcern the Committee in the slightest. degree It appears that Mr Selby has been holding an inquest on the. firewood already ' delivered, performing' the double offices of Coroner and Jury, and afterwards, piving verdict. In this instance Icannot help thinking he is a little premature, as tho contract is not yet completed, passed, or paid for. I may add that I haveMeh authorized to pay for the wood on desß&% I intend making it my special busirllslfl: see that the Committee get value roT • monoy, lam, «6c, Thos. Batliss, ■•■:' Chairman nf Onmrtiiffcofl
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2276, 21 April 1886, Page 2
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197CORRESPONDENCE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2276, 21 April 1886, Page 2
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