SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS
CONTRACT FOR COACHES SECURED BY BRITAIN. (British Official News.) Proas Association—By Wireless —Copyright RUGBY, January 25. A Birmingham firm has obtained the contract for fifty coaches for the South African railways, to cost £170,000. Jt is understood that the tender was successful on its merits only. There was keen competition from Continental firms, including Belgian and German manufacturers; but the British tender, while not the lowest, was considered to be technically the most favorable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 7
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