The Work* Committee of lb* Count* Council distinguished iU«lf on Saturday night by not accepting ill* lowest tender for bridge punting. It was dearly a mis take, but it points to the necessity of more care being exercised in reading tenders. Mr J. Dawson tendered at £77 for truss bridges and £SO for stringer; and Mr H. | Stevens at £lO9 17s 4d for truss, or £l2O 17s 4d for the whole. The Chairman, in ' reading out the tender, made it £lO9 17s i id for truss aud £l2B 17s id for stringer, I which of course would be considerably above Mr Dawson's price; but in reality Mr Stevens was ths lowest by £4 2s Bd. Ws have no doubt this mistake will have tbs effect of causing all tenders in future to be carefully scrutinised before sue is accepted.
