LATEST TE AROHA NEWS.
l«T TKUWHUPH.- OWN CORUKSI'ONDENT.] Tk Alton \, Monday. Thk annoyance caused by the dol.iy in opening the now bridge is being Micceeded by a feeling of exasperation. T).iv aftor day, foi two or thieo weeksp-»«t, the fin mil opening h.vs been looked for, ns the wink * wan completed Homo tune Hineo acemdmg fto Hpccihciitions given by Mr Livingstone to the nub contractor, but at tlic last moment fresh ylaiw are sent fnnn the Engineer's office at Hamilton, entailing a Urge amount of c\ti.v wink, winch the sub conti actor n.itiii.illy lefuses to peifoim Huch trifling as this, and the disu-g.ird which i^ also shown for tho public interest, is not very creditable to the l)cp,utment. The appio.ich as now m.ule, will suit e\ cellcntly for the ahort tune it will be re quued, and there should bo no further delay in the tiiking over of the work by Government. The fallowing tcndeis weio recoiml by the Wai ton Ro.id I'.o.ird on Saturday fnr the conntruction of se\en budge* on the M.uingakawa - Wairorongomai loads : -J, Heathcofe, i*23o (acefpted) ; Collins and Voysey, AJ27I 10s; Laverv, €2't2 ; Mills and O'Connor, £'325; Martin Bros., JH32S 10s ; Booth and West, £33.S 10s. Tenders will shortly be required for ro.id work* anil bridges at Richmond, Shaftesbury and Mornnsvdlf.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2052, 1 September 1885, Page 3
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215LATEST TE AROHA NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2052, 1 September 1885, Page 3
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