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Improvement in Wool Trade. Good Business in Drapery. Jute Mills More Active. Building Boom Continues
STEADILY rising prices of raw materials indicate a progressively growing state of prosperity. An outstanding example is wool. But a little while ago, wool tops were 2s. per lb., whereas a week ago the prospects of half-crown tops being reached was being debated. As we write, half-crown tops are a thing of the past and, by the time these words are read, the 3s. mark may have been reached or even passed.
Buyers of drapery and clothing are more active than they have been for some time past, because they fear that prices will shortly rise against them.
A feature of the clothing trades is the bulk of the orders. Low-priced articles have been selling freely. In the near future, fewer consignments of greater intrinsic value may be expected.
The removal of the embargo on imports from Russia will alter the course of business in the timber trade.
The hot weather has accelerated the ripening of fruit, and there is a demand for haulage in the fruit-growing and canning areas.
North-east Coast.
The coal trade in this area remains good. Newcastle is to build 600 new houses. R. Gallacher, Ltd., Cemetery Road, Blackhill, and Messrs, IL Ayton, George Street, Blackhill, are to build 120 houses at Consett Park for Consett U.D.C.
A hostel for nurses, to cost £25,000, is to be added to the Municipal Hospital, Sunderland. Messrs. Cox and Gibson, Darlington, are to build 50 houses in Sherburn Road, Durham, for the T.C.
Yorkshire.
The combing machines are active ; many spinning mills are running at full pressure and there is an active demand for yarn. Orders are coming in, chiefly. from London buyers, and Bradford, Huddersfield and the Colne Valley all send good reports.
Home business in iron and steel is improving, state Middlesbrough manufacturers, and there is a bigger demand for scrap. There is more activity amongst Sheffield manufacturers of cutlery and silver.
The County Hospital, York, is to be considerably extended. Rotherham R.D.C. is to build another 150 houses. Sheffield is to have a new school, on the Woodthorpe estate. Selby U.D.C. is considering the demolition of 100 houses. Hull is to proceed with a five-year scheme of demolition and rebuilding, involving 3,600 houses.
Messrs. IL G. Tartan, Hyde Avenue, Hull, are to build 40 houses in Cherry Tree Lane, Beverley, for the PC., also 130 houses for York Corporation. Rotherham T.C. is to erect 270 houses at Eastwood. Chesterfield is considering new municipal buildings to be erected on the Rose Hill estate. Middlesbrough T.C. is to build 100 houses on the Whinney Banks estate and 100 at Brambles Feral' Lancashire.
The demand for cotton piece goods is expanding, and the export trade is improving. Spinners report more active inquiry and the trade in hosiery yarns keeps moving. There is good business in leather and hides at Runcorn, Warrington and Liverpool, whilst Macclesfield factories report record business in rayon yarns.
The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, destroyed by fire( last week, is to be rebuilt, and a new road is to be constructed at Spoke, Liverpool. Bolton is to have a new large cinema at the corner of Chorley Old Road and Ivy Road. Standish-with-Langtree U.D.C. is to proceed with slum-clearance schemes. giessrs. F. Craven, Hartlepool, are to erect a large number of houses at FazackerIey, and the cost of the first section is expected to be £70,000. Messrs. Kearton and Jones are to build 120 houses in Moss Lane, Macclesfield, for the P.C., whilst Atherton Bros. (Blackpool), Ltd., is to erect the new hospital at Stanley Park, BlackpooL 4IidIands.
The hosiery ("rade is definitely better, as also is that in knitted wear. Stocks are short and prices are likely to rise, hence this activity on the part of buyers.
The iron and steel trade in the Birmingham district shows decided improvement, also that of Staffs. Builders' hardware is in increasing demand and light-casting workers are busy.
Boot and shoe makers, both in Northampton itself and in the surrounding districts, are busy. Some improvement in trade is reported from the Potteries, especially in the earthenware section.
Mansfield T.C. is to build 52 houses on the Ravesdale estate. Newark is proposing to erect 58 houses at newton ville. Nottingham T.C. proposes to build 98 houses at Narrow Marsh, whilst Tamworth T.C. is to construct 194 houses at BoIeltill. The Blaby canal bridge is to be rebuilt Leicester C.C. is to proceed with an extensive programme of road-making, and West Bromwich T.C. is to build 300 houses on the Hamblett's estate.
Wales.
Demands from the canaing factories are expected to bring about considerable activity in the sheet-metal factories of Swansea and district.
Carmarthen E.C. is to spend £150,000 on schools. F. J. Thomas and Son, Ltd., Cardiff, is to build the extension to the football ground standat Cardiff Arms Park. A new school is to be constructed at Corwen.
Glamorgan invites tenders for the haulage of coal, as well as the supply of oil and coal, from railway stations to schools. Further particulars are obtainable from the Education Department, County Hall, Cardiff.
London and Home Counties.
The leather market at Bermondsey is active. Timber haulage is likely to be good for some time, and the building trade is active.
Kensington B.C. is to proceed with slum-clearance and building schemes at Dalgarno Gardens, Lancaster Road, Talbot Grove and Adair Road. Salisbury T.C. is to spend 116,000 on housing schemes.
Improvements and river works along the Thames, between Shepperton and Teddington locks' will cost £300,000. The Luton-Bedford road, between Barton and Silsoe' is to be improved, whilst it is proposed to proceed, at an early date, with the Egham by-pass road.
The London Construction Co., Broadway Chambers, Hammersmith, W. is to build a school in Leggett's Watford.
Scotland.
Considerably increased activity in the jute mills of Dundee will follow the implementing of the pacts with Argentine and Denmark, which prescribe that all meat imported into this country must bear jute wrappers manufactured in Dundee.
Hosiery and underwear manufacturers in Scotland are fairly busy. Glasgow reports an improvement in the iron and steel trade and the black-sheet trade is still active.
William Baird and Co., Gartsherrie, is to erect new furnaces and coke ovens involving a big outlay. The Grand Theatre, Vicar Street, Falkirk, is to be converted into a cinema at a cost of £20,000. Irvine T.C. is to build 200 houses.
The Sunlit Building Co., Burnside, is to erect 404 houses on a site between Duke's Road and Fishcoates Road, Cambuslang, Glasgow. A new hospital is to be erected in Dungannon, Cupar T.C. is to erect 24 houses on the Kinloss estate. '
J. Livingstone end Co. is to erect houses in High Station Road, Falkirk, and Messrs. Callender Riggs are to build a block of shops in the same town. A secondary school is to be built at Kelsyth.