The tender of Messrs G. H. Bayliss & Co. has been accepted by the City Council for the construction of a dam at Wainui, the amount being £3991. The other tenderers were:- James Anderson £4134 4s 6d; D. Sinclair £4396 6s 10d; J. P. Shields £4480 13s 4d; James Cleary £4766 3s 6d; and J. Saunders £4780. There was one informal tender.
Tags: Newspaper WaterworksEvening Post 20 Mar 1883
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