£75,000 for Wellington Hotel
The contract for building Hotel Waterloo, opposite the new railway station in Wellington, was signed yesterday, the tender of Messrs Mitchell and King, contractors, having been accepted by New Zealand Breweries Ltd. The contract price is understood to be in the vicinity of £75,000. Expensive Tennis
No fewer than four dozen tennis
balls were used by the Henri Cochet party for the exhibition matches played in Napier last week. As the best grade of ball was used, 3/6 a pair would be about their retail value. If a party of local players was presented with a bill for £8 8s lor tennis balls for one afternoon’s jplay the game would not be quite .bo popular.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 49, 28 February 1936, Page 5
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119£75,000 for Wellington Hotel Waipukurau Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 49, 28 February 1936, Page 5
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