AN AIRSHIP BUNGLE
COSTLY CONSTRUCTION A PREMATURE CONTRACT. Received March 9, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, March 9. Tho difficulty of completing plans for a trans-Empire airship is revealed by the Auditor-General’s disclosure that £14,800 was paid as compensation to the framework contractors. The Air Ministry in January, 1926, placed, without calling for tenders, a premature contract on the basis of the actual cost of labour and materials, plus establishment charges. The airship was to be completed by December, 1926, but at that date progress was small, due to the Ministry’s difficulties in supplying technical information. The firm applied for compensation, to which the Treasury assented, simultaneously extending the date' for completion to the end of 1927.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19787, 10 March 1927, Page 7
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115AN AIRSHIP BUNGLE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19787, 10 March 1927, Page 7
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