HOSPITAL SUPPLIES.
ORDER GIVEN TO AUOKLAND. PROTEST FROM WELLINGTON. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. The action of the Wellington Hospital Board in. accepting, a tender for the supply ftf mattresses from an Auckland firm brought a protest from three Wellington houses who tendered for the contract. Letters-were read at a meeting of the Wellington' Hospital. Board from the local:'..tenderers, protesting •as ratepayer's'and donators 'to the hospital against the-work .going outside the city that supports .'the ■ Wellington Hospital, and claiming, that it .should have been given to a Wellington firm. “ This Wellington firm claims that it is entitled to special consideration because it is a ratepayer,” said the chairman, iMr Castle. I think you will agree with me that it is a wrong principle for the hoard, which draws half the revenue from the consolidated fund.” ■ ' The matter was ■ dropped.
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Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18165, 1 November 1930, Page 3
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