LOWER WAIHAO IRRIGATION WORKS.
The above subject was dealt with at tho meeting of tho Wainiatc County 1 ouncil oti Wednesday. 'lenders woio tlien opened for works m connection wiih the irrigation woiks at the Lower Wailiao, in the following oidcr : Wm. Fletcher, Tcmuka, LI 660 15s ; John Johustone, Wniniato, L1730 Is 8d ; D. M'Ken/,ic, Kensington, L2133; Foley, Ilo*a and < iimpboll, Wiuniate, L1740 9s; John lVarson, Timurii, LI 605 Ils6d; U. V. Clarko, Waimate, L2169 8a. licfoie accepting auy tonder, tli^ Niaiiinan desiicd it to be clearly undeifrtoorl that it wa« only condition ally on tho amount of tho loan being forthcoming, as, though probably it waa certnin enough, it had not yet ' been paid in to the credit of tho Coun cil. Tho Engineer waa asked what ho kiK'W about Fletcher, ono of the ten dcK-r?, as ho had stated in his letter to the Council that ho had been engaged in similar work in the Geraldinc County, or if ho kuew anything about tho o'her tenderers. Mr Meason said that Fletcher had done ft lot of work for him, and had g.ven every satisfaction. Ho hnd been ilio contractor *or all tho Geraldine rfco«, and had done good work. Ho did not know anything about tic other •endftrots, as none of them had over done any woik for liim Mr IViancheater said that he thought it would not be wise to accept the lowest tender for the construction of an important work like the pre«cnt one, It would be advisable to give it to a contractor who had had experience in this particular kind of work. Mr Johnstono, a local man, had had that

NORi'li OTAGO TiMftS MONDAY AUGUST 3, 1891.
