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BUSINESS
IF,as is commonly assumed to be the case, an improvement in the heavy industries can be taken to presage an advance in trade generally, prospects are bright this year. Hauliers in contact with chemical manufacturers should note that business in coal-tar products is on the upward grade. Hauliers everywhere should keep in mind the imminence of the British Industries Fair. and the prospect of urgent need for delivery of exhibits. The scheme projected by the National Association of Building Societies should bring additional work to local hauliers in all districts.
North-East Coast.
The coal trade continues to be good and . the demend for 'coke is steady. Shipbuilders on the Tyne are experiencing an increased demand for recon ditioning and repair work. Stewart and Partners, Ltd., Baker Street, London, W.1, is to erect transit sheds and a warehouse at Sunderland for the River Wear Commissioners. Stanley (Durham) U.D.C. is to erect 50 houses. South Shields T.C. is to spend £26,000 on a new road at Marsden. Sunderland T.C. is to construct a new road at Hendon.
Yorkshire.
The fabric mills are expecting orders almost immediately for , spring goods. Business in the spinning section is good and is expected to improve and the only fear is that delivery demands will be urgent. There are prospects of the opening of new mills in Bradford and Bingley. The coupon system is keeping a number of Sheffield manufacturers of cutlery and similar commodities fairly active.
From Middlesbrough comes the report that substantial home sales of Cleveland iron have been effected and an increasing demand for iron and steel scrap is experienced.
The Penistone steel works, formerly owned by Carninell Laird and Co., is to be dismantled by Thos. W. Ward, Ltd., Sheffield. Makers of small tools in Sheffield are busy.
Some £250,000 is to be spent on draining and improving the Ouse Valley and on works in connection with the rivers Upper Don, Dearne and Rother. A sports club is to be built in Roundhay Road, Leeds, at a cost• of £250,000. Miss Hellewell, Triangle, Halifax, is to build about 500 houses at Handsworth, Sheffield.
Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumberland.
The hat-making industry is preparing for better business this year, and manufacturers in Denton are optimistic. Paper manufacturers in the Lancashire district appear to be experiencing unwonted activity. An old mill in Westmorland has been restarted and the new factory at Wigton is expected to begin production next month.
The demand for leather, according to reports from Runcorn, Liverpool and Warrington, is fluctuating somewhat, but remains fairly steady in respect of sole leather, calf and glace kid.
There is a fair amount of ship repair work in hand on the Mersey. The new 1120 dock at Bidston, Birkenhead, is nearly completed and factories are to be erected on the surrounding land. A new paper factory has started work in St. Helens.
Midlands.
Business in lace is improving, both for home and export, for dress goods and curtains. In the latter, mixtures of rayon and cotton are coming into favour. In hosiery, outerwear manufacturers are busy and delivery of spring and summer goods is starting.
Manufacturers of light castings arc still busy, and there is a marked increase in the demand for steel scrap. Makers of galvanized sheets are maintaining a steady output and, in Staffordshire, manufacturers of strip steel are experiencing a growth in the number of inquiries. Hardware makers are busy, also brass founders and manufacturers of electric-light htting,s.
Lincoln Corporation is to build a block of children's homes at St. Giles.
Messrs. Spackman and Sons, Swindon, are to construct a reservoir for Swindon Corporation, also a pumping station. Sreethwick T.C. is expected to approve relief schemes totalling £180,000, including the erection of 468 houses on the Warley Estate. Dudley is to have new municipal buildings.
Scotland.
Since the year began, half a dozen new vessels have been ordered from Clyde shipbuilders, and there is great The coal trade is still active, the demand in some places being in excess of the supply. Activity in the tin-plate industry remains steady. activity amongst manufacturers supplying shipbuilding material. The Burntisland Shipbuilding Co., on the Firth of Forth, has orders for seven ships, and similar reports come from Aberdeen and Dundee. A new bridge-building scheme has been started in Glasgow.
The Herriot-Watt College, Cowgate, is to be extended at a cost of £30,000, and 432 houses are to be built at Niddrie Mains.
Wales.
London and Home Counties.
According to reports from Luton, hat manufacturers anticipate a good year. Some newly installed machinery at the paper mills at Aylesford is expected to be working within the next 10 days.
The Bermondsey leather market reports slackening in the demand for some classes of leather, but an increase in that for sole leather, suede and patent.
New municipal offices arc to be erected in South Road, Southall. Tottenham U.D.C. proposes to spend £11,420 on the erection of 29 houses at White Hart Lane estate. There is a soheme afoot for the erection of a sugar-beet factory at Chichester. Chandos Estates, Ltd., is to erect 500 houses at Copt Gelder's Estate, Chessington, near Epsom. A school for 950 children is to be built at Dagenham.
Perrys (Ealing), Ltd., is to develop the Nork Park Estate, Epsom, the scheme providing for the erection of over 5,000 houses. Epsom U.D.C. is to construct new municipal buildings on the Parade, whilst a new school at Ewell is to cost £12,410. Harelield (Middlesex) Sanatorium is to be reconstructed, and the work will cost £165,000. A large cinema is to be built opposite the Town Hall, Ealing.