CO129-475 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1922 [5-7] — Page 436

Hon. Colonial Secretary,

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(1) Tonders should only be obtained locally for buildings

or forming site. British Contractors could not compete. (2) Direct labour is never adopted here even by those most

competent by years of experience in the Colony to deal

with it. It should under no circumstances be adopted

in this case,

(3) This would be the most satisfactory and economical

method subject to the one reservation that it is

unnecessary for an officer of the office of Works to

be sent out to prepare additional drawings and

co-ordinate work, &0. If the Office of Works sent

out the necessary drawings, specifications and

quantities and indented and arranged for the despatch

of all structural iron and steel work, door and

window fittings and sanitary and porcelain goods, this

Department could arrange to carry their plans into

effect to fit in with any modification in the plant

after the original plane had been completod. No

essential alterations would be made in the plans, but

only such modification and amplifications as might be

necessary to enable them to fit in with existing

levels and local conditions.

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(Sga,)

27 th May, 1922.

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T.L. Perkins,

Director of Public Works.