POINT ELIZABETH TUNNELS.
A BIG CONTRACT. (Fjsojf Ova Cuts Cobxespcxdekt.) WELLINGTON, October 22. Cbe following is the resuit of the tendering for tunnels for Point Elizabeth No. 2 colliery : — Accepted : Jasr— Beb:;« and party (ail sections), £13.462 ; declined : Jas. Ward and Co. (all sections). £19,854 , John Sineaton and party (one ■»nd two sections and crosscut), £9396 : King and party (one and two sections and irrosscut}. £12*,262 ; Tiios. Daly (one and two sections). 58657 ; Moonlight and party (one and two sections), £18,762 ; Strongman and Clark (one and two se< -
tions), £17,399; Downey and Warren (one and two sections). £11.756; M'lver and Oss-sa (one section), £6172
While the receipts from excise in Great ' Britain aro ft<?adily docrca-ing, the r^ve;iii". from the death duti-s ii going up by lcaj>s and bounds. The total amount paid 1 up to Augu=t 14 v.-» 3 £2.635.000 more than ! 111 the corr"spc;iding period of last year. ' The cost o-f t.he Australian Postal Commi^ion, including printing, allowa-nces to , numbers, and jjaj'mont of the officers en- j gairod on ir, li.ns reached £5000. An addi- , tioral sum has bo.Mi provided on the E&ti- ; n>rf.tp<, and il i-> raleuiat<d (hat by the end of the year the CL>rmn;s*ic«i wi?l ha\e cost j £c 033 " j
POINT ELIZABETH TUNNELS.
Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 5
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