Answers to Correspondents.
"Citii'N with Sm\m, CAi'tTAL " writes as follows :—" Being a lover of fair ])lay, I beg to ask > our opinion on the following: A, <i cat pouter, tenders for iho erection of ,i public h.ill, for the sum of £207 ; IJ, a carpenter, tenders for the same building for the sum of t'2D5. Both tendeiers make tlie specified deposit, w Inch when tenders were called for was deemed sufficient security. The bonds being the same, who should receive the contract ?" Other tilings being equal, we should have little hesitation m saying that the preference should be given to the lowest tenderer, but there may be circumstances connected with the case, of as Inch ue know nothing, sufficient to warrant the woilc being entrusted to someone else.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1438, 20 September 1881, Page 2
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128Answers to Correspondents. Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1438, 20 September 1881, Page 2
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