STEEL FOR DUNEDIN POST OFFICE.
| ♦ DIFFKTI.TIES OF BRITISH MANTI ACTIRFRS. [THE TRESS Spccxl Service.]. DUNEDIN, July 23. It is understood that through the operation of the 25 per cent, exchange rate British manufacturers will be debarred from competing for the supply of steel that will be required by the contractors for the erection of the Dunedin Post Office. In these circumstances the following telegram was sent to-night to the Acting-Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates) by the chairman of the Otago Importers' and Shippers' Association:— "Regarding the new post office at Dunedin, taking into account the present London quota discussions, would it not be a graceful gesture for the Dominion Government now to stipulate that the steel be rolled in Great Britain? The additional cost over Australian rolled steel should not exceed £3OOO in the most favourable circumstances, and over the whole contract period, allowing for possible reductions in freight and exchange, might involve no additional cost. In this specific contract could not the Government make provision to pay for the material in London, thus removing the exchange difficulty, and effecting an economy in the cost of the building?"
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20920, 29 July 1933, Page 10
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191STEEL FOR DUNEDIN POST OFFICE. Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20920, 29 July 1933, Page 10
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