AUCKLAND DRAINS WORK
* nj DIFFICULTY CAUSER 8! it LABOUR SHORTAGE (P.A.) AUCKLAND, 3 The difficulty of obtaining J £ public works was again emplgggj a meeting of the Auckland JKgJW tan Drainage Board, when the construction of two portio* l * paly >b branch sewer were receivea- ; two contractors submitted H the work, which is to dram at Mount Albert, Avondale, a* l ® xi Roskill. When the contracts were a “ n . six firms took the plans and J* tions, said the board’s chfef JMSH Mr H. H. Watkins. One W ’ a tender for both jobs, anothtt’ JJTi&y J* of the jobs, and the others J*’ could not tender because J *jjjt JJi shortage. From that it aP|*J^ r off * the firms were not much ’< than the board. ■ Q . The tenders were the 1 jjSB- ’ been called by the board w«JL r reOne tender totalling ' a ceived for the major control .J had been estimated to cost SJgfeift J will be accepted if it is founMffiK. JI prder. Two tenders for the W of the work, which was esti gfr cost £4560, were referred » g committee. K
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25020, 31 October 1946, Page 6
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