HIGHER OVERSEAS COSTS.
i Sow the rising cos: or overseas yoods . is likely to affect local enterprise is ( s'aowa in tenders submitteii to the Christehurcji Municipal Electricity De | partmeat for the supply of aerial* cable : and other e*qudpm.;-tit. writes a correspondent. An. order was placed in Jult of last year for a certain quantity of triple braided, aerial cable for use in the overhead lines department. The cost of that order was £3>>4T 10 . The d.pw e*>st of the same materia!, based on th-e lowest of several tenders accepted bv ; the department, is £4921. The original order, placed in July. 1039. is not" yet [ delivered, although "it is believed tkas ; the material is on the water. I: is j certain that the landed price of that I order will more than tbe orisinai j tender. ihe substantial increase represented in the new tender is due chief?\ to the increase in the price of copper from £49 5/ a ton to £62. j
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 157, 4 July 1940, Page 6
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162HIGHER OVERSEAS COSTS. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 157, 4 July 1940, Page 6
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