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• TENDERS CALLED
tatu
The Tenders marked "Undated" may be let after
are to tender for same may find they
the production of this issue, hence those who dehave
been let prior to our next issue.
ARCHITECTS' WORK.
Undated—Erection of Catholic School, Brightonle-Sands.—E.
A. Scott, Green and Scott., Arch'
itects., 115 Pitt St., Sydney.
Undated—New bk. res., Normanhurst.—M. V. E.
Woodforde, F.R.A.I.A., Architect, 350 George
St., Sydney.
Undated—Reinstatement
of
club
premise?
after
military occupation, Phillip St., Sydney.—D. T.
Morrow and Gordon, Architects, 129 Pitt St.,
Sydney.
Undated—Large fact, premises, Alexandria. Block
flats, Bay St., Double Bay.
Block flats, Cammeray
Rd., Cammeray.
Office partitions, Botany.
Res., Cammeray.
F. cott., Leura.
F.
cott.,
Blackheath.—Gordon
McKinnon
and
Sons,
Architects.
Undated—Bk. res., Balgowlah and Pennant Hills.
—Stephenson and Turner, Architects.
Aug. 31—New Adelaide Boys' High School and
Caretakers' Quarters for the State Government
of
South
Australia.—E.
B. Fitzgerald,
A.R.I.
B.A., A.R.A.I.A., and J. R. Brogan, A.R.A.I.A.,
Architects in Association, 62 Margaret
Street,
Sydney.
THE HOUSING COMMISSION OF N.S.W.
Aug. 20—Job No. 393, East Hills: erec. of 54
timber-framed cotts; Job No. 431, Merrylands:
Erect, of 2 timber-framed cotts.; Job No. 446,
Wagga Wagga: Erection of 12 brick cotts, di'
vided into 2 groups of 1, 2 groups of 2, and 2
groups of 3 cotts. each; Job No. 459, Cowra:
Erection of 10 timber-framed cotts, divided into
1 group of 1, 3 groups of 2, and 1 group of 3
cotts. each; Job No. E.H. 2067, Guildford: 'Erection
of 1 special timber-framed cottage.
Aug. 20—Erection of 100 sleep-outs.—Plans and
spec., Mint Building, Macquarie St., Sydney.
Aug. 27—Job Nos.: 211, Canowindra: Erection
10 timber-framed cotts., divided into 2 groups
of 1, 1 group of 2, and 2 groups of 3 cotts.
each; 214, South Deniliquin: Erection 10 timber-framed
cotts., divided into 1 group of 1, 3
groups of 2, and 1 group of 3 cotts. each; 321,
Riverview: Erection 17 bk. cotts., divided into 2
groups of 5, and 1 group of 7 cotts. each; 424,
Blakehurst: Erection 6 bk. cotts.; 445, Botany:
Erection 4 bk. cotts.; 447, Fairfield: Erection
15 timber-framed cotts., divided into 1 group
of 3 and 1 group of 5, and 1 group of 7 cotts.
—Plans and spec., No. 211, Clerk of Petty Sessions
at Canowindra, Cowra, Orange, Parkes,
Forbes; No. 214: Deniliquin, Hay, Albury.—
Plans and spec., Mint Building, Macquarie St.,
Sydney.
Sept. 3—Jobs Nos.: 124, Heme Bay: Erection 24bk
cotts., divided into one group of 5, two groups
of 6, and one group of 7 cotts. each; 301, Richmond:
Erection of 10 timber-framed cotts., di'
vided into one group of 1, three groups of 2,
and one group of 3 cotts. each; E.H. 2083/
2094, Cessnock: Erection of 12 special timberframed
cotts., divided into 3 groups of 4 cotts.
each.—Plans and spec., No. 301, Clerk of Petty
Sessions, Penrith, Richmond, Windsor, and
Parramatta.—Plans and spec., Cessnock project:
Clerk of Petty Sessions, Cessnock, West Maitland,
and Newcastle.
Sept. 10—Jobs Nos.: 369, Panania: Erection of 30
bk. colts., divided into 1 group of 5, 2 groups
of 6, and 1 group of 7 cotts. each; 417, Guild'
ford: Erection of 16 timber-framed cotts., divided
into 2 groups of 5 and 1 group of 6 cotts.
each; 452, Miranda: Erection of 15 timberframed
cotts., divided into 3 groups of 5 cotts.
each; 463, Punchbowl: Erection of 9 bk. cotts.;
E.H. 2096, Wentworthville: Erection of 1 special
timber-framed cott.
_
GENERAL.
Building.
Undated—F. cott., West Pennant Hills.—A. W.
Gardner, Hill Rd., West Pennant Hills.
Undated—F. cott., Meadowbank.—Plans and spec.,
36 Brown St., Newtown.
Undated—F. cott. at Granvilje.—Plans and spec.,
19 Frazer St., Collaroy.
Undated—F. cott., Avalon.—Plans and spec., 45
Reynolds Ave., Bankstown.
Undated—Erection bk. and F. cott., Wentworthville.—Plans
and spec., J. Brook, Alice St.,
Turramurra.
Undated—Build cott., Caringbah.—Plans and
spec., 255 Canterbury Rd., Canterbury,
Undated—F. cott., Deewhy.—Plans and spec., 38
Delmar Pde., Deewhy.
Undated—Erection of bk. or concrete cott., Narwee.—Apply
Mr. Lane, 10 Illathorne St.,
Drummoyne.
Undated—Cott., Normanhurst.—Plans, room 7,
2nd floor, 309 George St., Sydney.
Undated—F. cott., Northmead.—Plans and spec.,
19 Bedford. St., Newtown.
Undated—Concrete res., Oatley.—Plans and spec.,
235 Botany St., Kingsford.
Undated—F. cott., Lakemfea.—Mr. Ellis, 186 Hereford
St., Forest Lodge. \
Undated—Timber-framed F.C. dwlg. at Punchbowl.—Plans
and spec., C. Handley, 63 Taylor
St., Annandale.
Undated—Erection bk. cott., Kingsgrove.—Plans
.•'-aiid spec., 19 Grosvenor Cres., Summer Hill.
Aug. 21—New hall on Nambucca Heads Headland
Recreation Reserve.—Plans and spec., E.S. and
A. Bank, Macksville; Shire Chambers, Bovvraville,
and M. Hodgkinson's, Nambucca Heads.
—Tenders to A. J. Sternbeck, Nambucca Heads
Headlands Reserve Trust.
Aug. 31—Construction of a Rest Room and Clinic
at Geurie.—Plans and spec., Hon. Secretary,
Geurie, and Dubbo Despatch Office.
Electrical.
Aug 19—Cairns Regional Electricity Board—Material
for H.T. transmission lines in the Innisfail
area, 46/L. Hard drawn bare copper cable. 46/S.
hard drawn bare copper cable, —Spec. Norman
Park Cairns.
Aug. 28—Cairns Regional Electricity Board, Q'ld.
—Oil engine driven alternators. Contract 46/
A.—(a) Cairns: Two 1000 K.W. sets, or alternatively,
three 750 K.W. sets; (b) Innisfail:
One 1000 K.W. set, or alternatively, two 750
K.W. sets; (c) Atherton: One 1000 K.W. set,
or alternatively, one 750 K.W. set. All the engine
driven alternators shall be complete with
all auxiliaries and accessories as set out in the
Spec.—Tenders
addressed
to
Box
358,
P.O.,
Cairns.
i >'.•
Aug. 31—Toowoomba Electric Light and Power
Co. Ltd., Q'ld.—Supply, delivery, erection, and
testing of:
20-ton electric overhead travelling
crane.—Spec.,
531 Ruthven
St.,
Toowoomba,
Q'ld.
Sept. 2—The City of Greater Newcastle—Electricity
Supply Dept.—Supply and delivery of paper
insulated lead covered single wire armoured
cable for working pressure up to and including
11,000 volts.
Sept. 5—Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission,
N.S.W.—Supply and erection at Coomealla,
N.S.W., of 4 diesel driven electric generating
sets, 400 W.K. each.—Spec., Commission's
Head Office, Farrer Place, Sydney, or State
Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Melbourne,
and Engineering and Water Supply Department,
Adelaide.
Sept. 25—City Electric Light Company Ltd., Q'ld
—Spec. No. 417: Supply and delivery of lead
covered cables.
Oct. 17—City Electric Light Company Ltd., Brisbane—Spec.
No. 412: Supply, delivery, erection,
putting into operation, testing and maintenance
of 15,000 kw steam turbine and accessories.

TENDERS
CALLED

Machinery.
Aug. 23—Melbourne Harbour Trust Commission'
ers, Vic.—Supply, delivery of boiler for steam
hopper barge William Cowper.—Parties., A.
C. Cook, Secretary, Market St., Melbourne, C.l.
Aug. 28—Southern Riverina County Council,
Wagga—Cont. W'13: Supply, delivery, and installation
of one electricallydriven vertical
spindle centrifugal pumping plant.—Plans and
spec., Council Chambers, Wagga, or Council's
Consulting Engineers, Gutteridge, Haskins 6?
Davey, 60 Hunter St., Sydney.
Aug. 29—Water Conservation and Irrigation Com'
mission—Manufacture, supply, crating and de'
livery f.o.r. Darling Harbour of 5 sieving ma'
chines.—Plans and spec., Farrer Place, Sydney.
Sept. 2—Maritime Services Board of N.S.W.—
Measuring up, manufacture, supply, delivery and
erection of mild steel wharf crane runway girders,
rails, and attachments for berths Nos. 12 and
13 Pyrmont. (Cont. No. 46/17.)—Parties., Acting
Engineer-in-Chief.
Sept. 12—Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission,
N.S.W.—Supply and delivery free on
wharf, or free on rails, Sydney, of 8 cable tool
drilling plants.
Miscellaneous.
Sept. 5—Department of Road Transport and
Tramways, N.S.W.—Supply and delivery in running
order of 300 double deck omnibus chassis;
Construction on chassis to be supplied by the
Department, of 200 double-deck omnibus bodies,
with steel or aluminium alloy framing.—Spec.,
99 Macquarie St., Sydney.
Building.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Aug. 20—Shire of Warringah, Brookvale—Erection
of a Baby Health Centre at Narrabeen.
Aug 20—Municipality of Homebush—Erection of
Baby Health Centre at Underwood Rd. Homebush—Plans
and spec. Summerhaye^ Son and
Allsopp, Savoy House, 29 Bligh St., Sydney.
Aug. 22—Terania Shire Council, Lismore—Erec
tion of brick shed, rear Shire Council Chambers,
Magellan St., Lismore.
Aug. 26—Municipality of Penrith—Construction
of public lavatories in Woodriff St.,. Penrith.
Aug. 26—Lake Macquarie Shire Council, Speers
.Point—Erection brick lavatories, Brooks Pde.,
Belmont, at Belmont Baths, and connection to
sewer.
Sept. 2—Sutherland Shire Council—Erection Baby
Health Centre, Sutherland.—Plans and spec.,
Esmond B. Wilshire and Hodges, Archts., 14
Spring St., Sydney.
Sept. 5—Municipality of Hurstville—Erection of a
Baby Health Centre at Kingsgrove.
Electrical.
Aug. 19—The City of Greater Newcastle—Supply,
delivery 13 11,000 volt outdoor transformers.
Aug. 19—Bega Valley County Council.—Erection
of an 11,000-volt transmission line from Bega
to Cobargo.
Aug. 23—Brisbane City Council—Supply, delivery
and erection at Mt. Crosby pumping station near
Brisbane, of 8 vertical spindle electrically operated
water supply pumping units, each 10 million
gallons per day capacity.
Aug. 24—Clarence River County Council, Grafton.—Contract
4/46: Electric overhead travelling
crane.—Plans and spec., Consulting Engineer,
A. E. Axon, M.E., Parbury House, Eagle
St., Brisbane.
Aug. 28—Municipality of Albury—Cont. 11/1946:
Supply, delivery, and erection of electricallydriven
high-lift water pumping unit, capacity ot
pump two hundred thousand galls, per hour.
Aug. 30—Brisbane City Council—D/E No. 3/
1946: 11KV metalclad switchgear.

Aug. 31—City of Tamworth—Supply of: 1 66 kV
circuit breaker; 2 2500 kVA transformers; 2
1500 kVA transformers; 1 arc suppression coil;
1 1500 kVA shunt reactor.
Aug. 31—Municipality of Parkes—Purchase part
of generating plant—2 135 "National" B.H.P.
3-cylinder vertical four-6troke cycle suction gas
engines, operating at 375 r.p.m., direct coupled
to 2 93 K.V.A. B.T.H. 415-volt, 3-phase 50-
cycle generators and 110-volt exciters; 2 Ferguson
Pailin generator switch panels complete;
2 Akroyd down-draught wood-burning suction
gas producers; 1 90 B.H.P. National twin-cylinder
suction gas engine, not in running order;
spare parts for National engines; quantity fire
bricks; 1 wood sawbench, with saw; 1 wood
elevator; 1 saw gulletting machine.
Sept. 21—Clarence River County Council, Grafton,
'N.S.W.—Cont. 5/46: Supply and delivery of
centrifugal feed pumps, comprising two electrically
driven pumps of 70,000 lb. per hour capacity
and one steam turbine driven feed pump
of capacity 80,000 lb. per hour against a total
head of 550 Ib.Aq. in.—Spec., Consulting Eng.

Machinery.
Aug. 16—Patrick Plains Shire Council, Singleton
—Quotations for purchase 1 only air compressor
and 2 jackhammers.
Aug. 19—Tumbarumba Shire Council—Supply of
one auto patrol heavy duty power grader of
approx. 70 h.p.
Aug. 19—Municipality of Bankstown—Sale of
two Dennis lorries, having steel bodies, hydraulic
tipping apparatus, shod with solid rubber
tyres, of 4 tons capacity, pegged prices .£388 and
£438.—Inspection at Council's Depot, Marion
St., Bankstown.
Aug. 20—Shire of Hornsby—Purchase as it
stands in Council's depot at Pennant Hills, with
all faults, of Aveling Porter Steam Road Roller
of 12/14 tons weight.
Aug. 24—Mumbulla Shire Council, Bega—Supply
and delivery of: Cont. 1946/1: 1 heavy diesel
motor grader complete with cabin, scarifier, and
12ft. blade, and not less than 60 h.p.; Cont.
1946/2: 1 medium-size patrol grader of 20-30
h.p., with 8-10 ft. blade and cabin complete.—
Tenderers required to quote separate prices for
each item. Full description of machines. State
date of delivery.
Aug. 26—Shire of Wingecarribee, Moss Vale—
Supply and delivery at Moss Vale of one electricallydriven
bore pump complete, suitable for
use on 6in. bores up to 200 ft. in depth.
Aug. 26—Lake Macquarie Shire Council, Speers
Point—Supply of one 15 cwt. utility.
Aug. 26—Municipality of Woollahra—Supply and
delivery of: Two 4-ton motor trucks with steel
tipping bodies; Two 2-ton motor trucks with
steel tipping bodies; One sedan car.
Aug. 28—Blue Mountains County Council, Katoomba—Supply
and delivery at Katoomba of
capacity, cab type. Tenderers to state full specification
of vehicle submitted.
Aug. 29—Municipality of Woollahra—Supply and
delivery of:' Two 4-ton motor trucks with steel
tipping bodies; Two 2-ton motor trucks with
steel tipping bodies; One sedan car.
Aug. 3.1—Municipality of Queanbeyan—Supply
and delivery of: Light to medium auto patrol
power grader, fitted with scarifier—weight approx.
11,000 lb.; Diesel oil roller, weight about
3 tons.—Tenderers to state cash price. Conditions
of time-payment agreement if required,
also' period for delivery of the respective units.
Aug. 31—Municipality of Nowra—Supply and delivery
at Council's Depot, Nowra, of 1 only
heavy duty auto, patrol grader, diesel engine
of at least 70 h.p., with tandem drive.
Aug. 31—Municipality of Nowra—Supply and delivery
at Nowra of one high-pressure gasholder
and auxiliary equipment.
Aug. 31—Southern Riverina County Council,
Wagga Wagga—Purchase of: 1. A 150 H.P.
National suction gas producer plant with hand
blower, coke scrubber, sawdust scrubber and
all cast-iron piping; 2. A 150 H.P, National
suction gas engine type ZCF. 170 r.p.m., with
twin magnetos, and kit of tools; 3. Two only
twin-cylinder air compressors; 1 only 5 H.P.
415 volt 3-phase electric motor; 3in single-ply
leather belt; and an air compressor of 50 cub.
ft. capacity; 4. A 3-throw single-action heavy
duty geared Pearn pump capable of pumping
34,000 galls, per hour against a head of 160 ft.
complete with two air vessels, tools, coupling,
geared clutch, pedestal, bearings, inlet and despatch
piping.
Aug. 31—Armidale City Council—Rebuilding No.
2 setting of six horizontal retorts and producer
and reconditioning of retort mouth pieces and
mountings.
Sept. 2—Orara Shire Council, South Grafton—
Supply and delivery one pneumatic-tyred power
grader, 6000-10,000 lb. class. Price for cash
or terms required.

TENDERS
CALLED

LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Machinery (continued).
Sept.
9—Lake
Macquarie
Shire
Council,
Speers
Point—Supply
and
fitting
of
one
mechanical
loader to Council's RD4
tractor.
Sept.
9—Lake
Macquarie
Shire
Council,
Speers
Point—Supply of one motor grader, speed
pa'
trol type, approx.
weight
2\
tons,
fitted
with
10ft blade
and
single
low-pressure
pneumatic
rear
tyres.
Sept. 12—City of St. Kilda Vic.—Erec. of a new
refuse destructor and hotmix plant at Council's
depot, cnr. Inkerman and Greeves Sts., St. Kilda.
Sept.
14—Municipality
of
Lismore.—Supply,
delivery
and installation of a new filtration
plant
and
all
equipment
with
a
capacity
of
58,000
galls, per
hour.
Sept.
22—Municipality
of
Dubbo—Supply
of
either a 25 h.p. or a 35 h.p. rubber-tyred tractor.
Roads, Bridges, Drainage, etc.
Aug.
16—Shire of Weddin,
Grenfell—Conts.
5/
1"946:
R.C.
bridge
over
Barbingal
Creek,
on
S.H.
No.
6,
and
6/1946:
R.C.
bridge
over
Coma Creek on Grenfell-Forbes Main
Road.—
Plans and spec., Dept. of Main Roads,
Sydney,
and Parkes, and Shire Office, Grenfell.
Aug.
26—Sutherland
Shire
Council—Construction
of timber bridge and approaches across Bundeena
Creek, Bundeena.
Aug.
30—Shire of Jemalong,
Forbes—Cont.
46/
16:
M.R.
377, Forbes-Condobolin—Repairs
to
timber bridges at following miles from
Forbes:
8.2m.,
14.8m.,
20.45m.,
and
26.7m.—Spec.,
Dept.
of
Main
Roads,
309
Castlereagh
St.,
Sydney,
and
at
Parkes
and
Council's
Office,
Forbes.
Sept.
18—Shire
of
Waradgery,
Hay—10/46—
Const, of a con. steel, and timber bridge, approx.
230ft. long, over Murrumbidgee River at Maude,
34 miles from Hay, excluding supply of
major
steelwork,
but
including
supply
of
steel
reinforcement
for concrete and all ironwork for fixing
timberwork
in
position.—Spec,
drawings,
Dept. Main Roads, 309 Castlereagh St., Sydney
and
49
Watt
St.,
Newcastle,
and
Napier
St.,
Deniliquin; and the Country Roads Board,
Exhibition
Bldg., Melbourne; and Council's Offices
Hay.
Miscellaneous.
Sept. 12—City of St. Kilda. Vic.—Erection of a
new refuse destructor and hot-mix plant at the
Council's Depot.
Oct. 5—City of Wagga Wagga—Supply, delivery,
assembly, erection, and*testing of a gas holder
of the telescopic water-sealed type, with a stor-
. age capacity of 150,000 cub. ft., at the Council's
gasworks at Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.
DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS, N.S.W.
Aug.
15—Shaping
machine
with
motor
drive.
CE-1027.—Spec., Comptroller of Stores.
Aug. 19—Forging machine with drive and electric
motor.
CE-1030.—Spec., Comptroller of Stores.
Aug.
19—Quotations for:
Metering
transformer
units.
CE-1086;
Multi-operator welding transformers.
CE-1087.
Aug. 21—Erection of block of brick offices at Tamworth.—Spec.,
Resident Engineer, Railways Department,
Tamworth,
or Chief
Civil
Engineer,
Sydney.
Aug. 22—Engine and truck springs.
CE
'2109.
Amplifier and speakers.
CE-1106.
Aug. 28—Supply and erection at White Bay Power
Station
of
two
electric
and
one
steam
boiler
feed pumps to Spec. No.
1147.—Spec.,
Chief
Electrical
Engineer.
Aug.
28—Manufacture and supply of nine
50ft.
steel power and brakevans. Code PHS, mounted
on bogies to be supplied by the Commissioner.
Aug. 29—Switches, CE-1102.—Spec.,
of Stores.
Comptroller
Sept. 4—Manufacture and supply of 1,000 4-»wheel
25-ton open waggons, Type K. Spec. No.^l25;
Manufacture and supply of 250 4-wheel steel
underframe cattle waggons. Spec. No. 2131;
Manufacture and supply of 250 4-wheel stee?
underframe sheep vans to Spec. No. 2127. Tenderers
to state time and rate of delivery in "each
case.—Spec., Chief Mechanical Engineer.
Sept. 4 (ext. from 31/7/46)—Manufacture and
supply of 250 four-wheel steel underframe sheep
vans, to Spec. No. 2127.-—Parties., 19 York
St., Sydney.
Sept. 11—Manufacture, supply and mounting on
bogies (the bogies to be supplied by the Dept.)
of 8 buffet cars, Code RS, 69ft Oin long, to

Spec. No. 2133. Construction of these vehicles
will-not involve the interior finish of the cars
or any buffet equipment.—Spec., Chief Mechanical
Engineer.
Oct. 2—Supply and delivery at 19 York St., Sydney,
of one 400-line (ultimate 800-line) automatic
telephone exchange.—Spec., Signal and
Telegraph Engineer.
METROPOLITAN WATER, SEWERAGE,
AND DRAINAGE BOARD.
Aug.
20—Cont. No.
2134:
Supply,
delivery
of
fluorescent
light
fittings,
complete with a!l auxiliaries.
Aug. 20—Plant Tender No. 251: Supply and delivery
of new or first quality second-hand
451b.
steel
rails and
fishplates
for the City
Tunnel,
Sydney.
Aug.
20—Plant Tender No. 251:
Supply, delivery
of
new
or
first-quality
second-hand
451b.
steel rails and fishplates for City Tunnel, Sydney.
Sept.
3—Cont. No.
2135:
Supply
and
delivery
of
high
voltage,
metal-clad
switch gear
equipments
for Waterloo Pumping Station.
SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL.
Aug. 19—Erection and completion of playground
shelter at Children's Playground, Little Riley
St. and Adelaide St., Sydney.
Aug. 23—Purchase of: Electrice N.C. 2 refrigeration
outfit, practically new. (Condensing unit:
Electrice JD33); Imperial Upright Refrigerator,
30 cub. ft. capacity, with cross-finned evaporator,
Zincanneal lined, Kelvinator condensing
unit; Triumph Double Oven, on high legs, with
thermostate control; Triumph Boiling Table,
4ft lOin (10 burners); Metters Boiling Table,
3ft, with plate rack; Rheem Hot Water Boiler,
35 galls.; Teraszo Sink on stand, approx. 80in
long; Draw Type Pie-Oven (40 doz. cap.). Articles
are stored at Lower Chapter House, adjoining
St. Andrew's Cathedral, George St.,
Sydney. Inspection Monday to Friday.
Sept. 2—Supply and delivery of four mechanical
pick-up type machine sweepers.—Spec., City
Engineer's Department.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, N.S.W.
Aug. 15—Wauchope Public School—Additions,
new home science and manual training units.—
Plans also at D.W.O., Coff's Harbour, Public
Works Dept., Newcastle, and Public School at
Wauchope.
Aug. 15—Port Macquarie Central School—Conversion
of w^athershed to Manual Training
Room.—Plans, D.W.O., Coff's Harbour, Public
Schools, Port Macquarie and Kempsey.
Aug. 22—Newcastle Technical College—Annexe
for boiler instruction shop.—Plans, Public
Works Dept., Newcastle, and Newcastle Technical
College. (Fresh tenders.)
Aug. 22—Newcastle Technical College—Construction
of external steel fire escape (Wood Street
Branch).—Plans., Public Works Dept., Newcastle,
and Newcastle Technical College. (Fresh
tenders.)
DEPARTMENT OF MAIN ROADS, N.S.W.
Aug. 22 : —Nos. 58, Engineers' Tools; 62, Power
hammer.
Aug. 22—Construction of reinforced concrete
bridges within the Shire of Mulwaree—Construction
of a five-span reinforced concrete bridge
278 feet long, over Mulmaree Creek (Inveralochy
Bridge) on Trunk Road No. 79,
between Goulburn and Tarago. (Fresh tenders.)
Construction of an 8-span reinforced
concrete bridge, 160ft. long, over Run-o'-
Waters Creek (Barker's Bridge) on State Highway
No. 2 between Goulburn and Yass; Construction
of a three-span reinforced concrete
bridge, 123ft. long, over Run'o''Waters Creek
on State Highway No. 2, 3 miles from Goulburn.—Plans
and spec., Divisional Office, Goulburn,
and Mulwaree Shire Council, Goulburn.
Aug. 27—Shire of Dumaresq—1. Construction of
3-span reinforced concrete bridge, 95ft. long,
over Duval Creek (Tilbuster Bridge) on State
Highway No. 9, between Armidale and Guyra:
2. Construction of a four-span reinforced con'
crete bridge, 232ft. Jong, over Oakey Creek,
on Trunk Road No. 75, between Armidale and
Kempsey. Shire of Severn—3. Construction of
a six'span reinforced concrete bridge, 102ft long,
over Furracabad Creek, and a three-cell reinforced
concrete box culvert in the approach to
bridge on State Highway No. 9, between Glen

Innes and Inverell; 4. Construction of a onespan
reinforced concrete bridge, 48ft. long,
over Marowan Creek, on State Highway No. 9,
between Guyra and Glen Innes.
Aug. 29—Manufacture, supply and delivery of
metal work and machinery for bridge over Murrumbidgee
River at Maude on Main Road No.
319, in the Shire of Waradgery, N.S.W.—Plans
and spec., Divisional Offices, Newcastle, Deniliquin,
Waradgery Shire Council, Hay, Country
Roads Board, Exhibition Building, Carlton, N 3,
Melbourne, Vic.

TENDERS CALLED
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, N.S.W.
Aug
16—quotations:
51, Water Treatment
Plant.
Aug. 18—Broken Hill Sewerage: Supply, delivery,
etc., of venturi flume meter;
Wollongong
DiV
trict Hospital: Installation of electrical
services;
Molong Public School, New Building:
Installation
of electrical services;
Grenfell District Hos'
pital, New Isolation Block:
Conversion to Ma'
ternity
unit
(fresh
tenders);
Gosford
Court
House and Police Station:
Alterations and con'
nection
to
sewer
(fresh
tenders);
Lidcombe
State Hospital:
Additions to senior medical officer's
• quarters;
Newcastle
Western
Suburbs
Maternity
Hospital,
Waratah:
Roof
repairs;
Liverpool
State Hospital:
New lavatory
block
in Yard Section.
Aug.
19—Port Kembla Electric Crane on No. 3
Jetty:—Supply, delivery of one hook'on
electricallyoperated
grab cable reel, etc.
Aug. 26—Port Kembla, No. 4 Jetty: Manufacture,
supply, etc., of one double line grab for 5 ton
crane.
Aug. 26—Trangie Experimental Farm: Electrical
service; Liverpool State Hospital and Home:
Enclosing verandahs to hospital (fresh tenders);
Liverpool State Hospital and Home: New gate
houses (fresh tenders); Callan Park Mental
Hospital: Alterations to airing block shelter in
"F" Ward, Repatriation Block (fresh tenders);
Parramatta Court House, Keeper's Quarters—
Laundry and tool shed; Waterfall Sanatorium:
Coal bunkers (reinforced concrete); Bathurst
Gaol: Two cubicle shelters; Mittagong Farm
Home for Boys, Home No. 6—Engineering
services; Coonamble Public School—Ground
improvements.
Aug. 26—Coniston Public School—Double port'
able classroom; Wollongong District Hospital
Maternity unit, operating block, and children's
ward; Sydney Technical College—Spray paint'
ing booth.
Aug. 26—Royal North Shore Hospital—Alterations
and additions to nurses 1 dining room
(fresh tenders); Dental Hospital of Sydney—
Installation of a Dental X'ray unit; Camden
District Hospital—Mobile X-ray unit.
Sept. 2—Sale by Dept.— 15-ton steam road roller,
Leichhardt Depot; Southern Electricity Supply:
Earthing -compensators.
Sept. 2—Port Kembla Public School—Double
portable classroom (fresh tenders); Cooma Dis'
trict Hospital—Installation, etc., of low-pressure
steam boiler plant, steam domestic H.W. and
hot water heating service; Cooma District Hos'
pital—Maternity Unit, extension to nurses'
quarters, etc.; Glen Davis Water Supply—Tak'
ing delivery, excavation, laying and jointing,
etc., of pipes and specials for reticulation; Lid'
combe State Hospital—Installation of X-ray tilt
table; Parramatta District Hospital—Installation
of an electrocardiagraph; Brooklyn, Hawkesbury
River—Purchase and removal of a 10ft x 6ft
x 2ft open oregon punt.
THE SYDNEY COUNTY COUNCIL.
Aug 15—Erec. of sub-station No. 690 Canterbury
—Spec. No. 850.
Aug.
16—Supply
of
12
non-return
valves
for
superheaters;
Supply of
12 "Diamond"
soot
blower elements;
Supply of 1600 ironclad neutral
links.—Parties., Comptroller of
Stores.
Aug. 23—Supply of 20,000 spring steel
shearing
» pins.—Parties.,
Comptroller of
Stores.
Aug.
29—Supply,
delivery
of
air
conditioning
plant for staff, workshops
and stores
building,
Bunnerong Power Station. Spec. No. 855; Supply
and/or machining of Bailey wall blocks for
Section "B"
boilers, Bunnerong
power
station.
Spec. No.
856.—Spec.,
Comptroller
of
Stores.
Sept.
5—Supply
and
delivery
of
10-ton
electric
hoist
with
hand
travelling
gear
for
auxiliary
bay—Pyrmont
"B"
Power Station.
Spec.
No.
848.—Spec., Comptroller of Stores.
Sept. 5—Supply and delivery of distribution transformers
for suburban
sub-stations.
Spec.
No.
9
854.—Spec., Comptroller of Stores, The Sydney
County
Council,
or
City
Electrical
Engineer,
Town Hall, Melbourne.
Sept. 12—Supply and delivery of' 10,000
K.V.A.
auxiliary power transformers for Pyrmont
"B"
Power Station.
Spec. 847.—Spec.,
Comptroller
of Stores.
Sept.
26—Supply
and
delivery
of
1,000
kVA
auxiliary
power transformers for Pyrmont
"B"
power station.
Spec. No. 853.—Spec.,
Comptroller
of
Stores.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Aug. 15—Dial parts. Sched. No. C.5011; Afito-%
matic stamp selling machines. Sched. No.
C.5005; Mechanics' tools, gauges, etc. Sched.
No. C.5015.
Aug. 20—Receivers and parts. Sched. No. C.5009;
Post Office scales. Sched. No. C.5031.
Aug. 22—A.T.E. (Liverpool) Coy., maintenance
parts. Sched. No. C.5013; Ringipj^pnverters.
Sched. No. C.5029; Handles for riftging generators.
Sched. No. C.5028.
Aug. 27—Switchboard cable, leajl covered. Sched.

No. C.5046.
Sept. 5—Lamps, caps and sockets. Sched. No.
C.5048.
Sept. 17—Automatic exchange switchboard equipment
for Hamilton, N.S.W. Sched. No. C.4860;
Cable, braided, switchyard. Sched. No. C.5052.
Sept. 19—Jacks and number plates. Sched. No.
C.5061.
Oct. 1—Far end balancing networks. Sched. No.
C.5057.
STATE ELECTRICITY COMMISSION
OF VICTORIA.
Aug. 21—Spec. No. 46-47/31: 400 tons copper
conductor.
Aug. 21—Spec. No. 46-47/36: Paper insulated
cable.
Aug. 28 (ext. from 24/7/46)—Spec. No. 46-47/
14: Galvanised steel wire strand and rope.
Sept. 25—Spec. No. 46-47/30: 22,000 volt compound
filled switchgear.
Oct. 2—Spec. No. 46-47/22: Portable resistance
measuring instruments.
Dec. 4—Spec. No. 46-47/35: Conductor for
transmission lines.
Jan 22—Manufacture, supply and erection, or alternatively
superintendence of erection, at Yallourn
Power Station, of two 50,000 K.W. Steam Turbo
Generators complete with condensing, Feedwater
Heating and Evaporating plant and Accessories—Spec.
No. 46-47/11—Parties. 22-32
William St., Melbourne.
DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND.
Sept. 3—Design, manufacture, supply, and erection
of complete bi-cable aerial ropeway from
existing bins and screen at Ngakawau to existing
loading bins at No. 3 loop. This shall be referred
to as Scheme A; alternatively, Design,"
manufacture, supply, and erection of complete
bi-cable aerial ropeway extending from existing
bins and screening plant at Ngakawau to Peg
A.26, with three loading stations, one at No. 3
loop, one at "D" Hill, near pe'g A.2, and one
near peg A.26. This shall be referred to as
scheme "B"; Supply of 6 sets of complete detail
drawings of ropeways and all parts, with
all necessary instructions for the maintenance
and operation of the plants.—Tenders for the
aerial cableway in Scheme A shall include provision
for future extensions of ropeway, for the
New Zealand State Coal Mines, Stockton Colliery,
Nelson, New Zealand.—Blueprints and
spec., N.Z. Govt. Offices, 428 Collins St., Melbourne,
or 14 Martin Place, Sydney, N.S.W.

TENDERS CALLED
THE STATE ELECTRICITY COMMISSION
OF QUEENSLAND.
Aug. 19—Supply and delivery f.o.r. or f.o.b.
of
24-inch cast-iron sluice valves in lots of five or
multiples of five.—Spec., Parbury House, Eagle
St., Brisbane, or Wide
Bay, Capricornia, "Sfrid
Townsville
Regional
Electricity
Boards,
Mary
borough, Rockhampton, and Townsville.
Aug.
19—Supply,
delivery,
erection
and
setting
to work of 3 quadruple effet evaporators, each
having a capacity
of
8,500
pounds
of
water
per hour, to be installed in the power houses of
the
Wide
Bay,
Capricornia,
and
Townsville
Regional
Electricity
Boards.—Spec.,
Parbury
House, Eagle St., Brisbane, or Regional Boards,
Maryborough, Rockhampton, and Townsville.
Sept. 2—Supply, delivery, erection and setting to
work of automatic or manual control equipment
for 16 boilers to be erected at the power-houses
of the Wide Bay, Capricornia, and
Townsville
Regional
Electricity
Boards.—Spec.,
Parbury
House, Eagle St., Brisbane, or Regional Boards,
Maryborough, Rockhampton, and Townsville.
Oct. 2—Manufacture, supply, erection, and testing
of five 66,000 volt oil circuit breakers to be installed
at
the
Townsville
Regional
Electricity
Board's
power
house
at
Townsville.—Spec.,
Parbury House, Eagle St., Brisbane, or Regional
Electricity Board,
Townsville.
Oct.
2—Manufacture,
supply,
delivery,
erection,
and testing of six' 66,000 volt oil circuit breakers
to be installed at the Wide Bay Regional Elecrticity
Board's power house situated on the Burrum
River near Howard.—Spec., Parbury House,
Eagle
St.,
Brisbane,
or
Regional
Electricity
Board,
Maryborough.
Oct. 23—Manufacture, supply, delivery,
erection,
and testing of power station electrical
control
equipment
relays and switchgear to be installed
at Wide
Bay
Regional
Electricity
Board's
Power Station, on the Burrum River, near Howard.—Spec.,
Parbufy House, Eagle
St., Brisbane,
or Wide Bay Regional Electricity Board.
Maryborough.
- Oct. 30—Manufacture, supply, and delivery, erection
and testing power station electrical control
equipment, relays, and switchgear, to be installed
at Townsville Regional Board's Power
Station,
situated within
one
mile of main wharves of
Port
of
Townsville.—Spec.,
Parbury
House,
Eagle St., Brisbane, or Townsville Regional Electricity
Board, Townsville.
COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT
OF WORKS AND HOUSING.
Aug. 19—Construction of dolphins and fenders
at Kuraba Point, Sydney (1063/44-45).
Aug. 19—Construction of concrete paved area at-
Hunter's Bay Naval Depot (825/44-45); Extension
of water mains for fire fighting services
at Newington (294/45-46).
COMMONWEALTH DISPOSALS
COMMISSION.
Aug. 30—Purchase of 4 300-ton welded steel refrigeration
lighters, Blackwattle Bay, Sydney.—
Apply M. Ellerker, Surplus Commonwealth
Craft, 1-7 Bent St., Sydney, for inspection.

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