Three Pots of Paste

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6788, 20 February 1932, Page 10

Three Pots of Paste

Thi3 is the truo story of the British Admiralty and three pots of office paste—a little lesson in economy. Early last month, news was brought to the Department of the Civil Engineer-iu-Chief at H.M. dockyard Chatham, that there was a shortage of “best quality paste, in lOoz. jars, for repairing tracings, drawings, etc.” No time was lost. With scarcely a croak tho mighty machinery swung into motion. In due course, the members of tho British paste-making industry received Form D—lß (Outside) Revised June, 1927, inviting tenders for three jais (brand of paste quoted for to be stated in tenders). The document in question is double foolscap, two sides of which contain, tho conditions of contractquality, inspection and testing, carriage, empties, fair wages, sub-contracts, bankruptcy, bribery and inspection of contractors’ wages books. Gummed-in slips provide still more good reading, and invite manufacturers, when tendering, to state whether they are on the King’s Roll, and the numbers of their male and female employees. The value of the three jars of paste is approximately 3/-, and the possible saving involved by inviting tenders would perhaps amount to 6d,