ARMY CONTRACT
TIN WEIGHED IN AS JAM. USUAL VICTORIAN CUSTOM.
! By Telegraph— Props Association— Copyright ll# Received 4.28 p.us., March 26. ' ■. London. Maroh 26. Mr Taverner informed Mr Arnold Foster ~ - that the Vendor of Peacocks faotory id tbo supply of jams to the F. V *v>;r'' South Africa was completed in j. Ia the following January the ua accepted Peacock's explanation .* accordance with tho usual Viotoriau •Istom tho alleged shortoge was due to the inclusion of the weight of the tin. Air Taverner also states that tho Goveriimon inspected only for quality, not quantity. Only two Australian firms tendered for nc | weights. >v .
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1414, 27 March 1905, Page 3
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103ARMY CONTRACT Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1414, 27 March 1905, Page 3
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