TENDERS FOR WARSHIPS
TIME EXTENDED. DIFFICULTIES OF BUILDERS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 10, 5.5 p.rn. LONDON, October 0The Admiralty is extending for a week the date for receiving final lenders for four big battleships. Shipbuilders arc anxious lo secure the contracts, hut owing to the fluctuating costs of labour and material it is difficult lo submit tenders. They urge Rial the Admiralty should pay a percentage of profit on tiie ultimate cost of construction.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14772, 11 October 1921, Page 5
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