TENDERS FOR P.O.
Will Government Proceed With Work? BUILDERS' FEARS. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND. August 28. Comment was made to-day by the secretary of the Auckland Builders Association (Mr R. G. Norton) on a Dunedin report that only three Dunedin firms tendered for the building of the Post Office. He said that three leading Auckland firms tendered, and it, was reliably reported in the trade that the tenders totalled nine or ten. lie regarded the Dunedin report as indicating the possibility that the Government will not proceed with the work. There was no more risk to-day regarding fluctuating prices than at any other time. It was a most advantageous time for securing low prices. The cost of tendering for such a job would be not less than £2OO per tender and it would be a shameful breach of faith if the Government, having involved contractors and sub-contractors in heavy expense, should decide not to proceed with the work. The Government should not allow any doubt to prevail as to its intentions.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 852, 28 August 1933, Page 8
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171TENDERS FOR P.O. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 852, 28 August 1933, Page 8
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