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Steady Run of Business Expected. Leather Industry Active. Building Boom Continues. Iron Trade Improves
AT the time of writing, most business houses are looking forward to the termination of the August holidays and settling down for the long run of steady employment which is expected to continue until Christmas. The leather and hide industry maintains its activity, as noted' recently in these columns, whilst the building trade appears to be going from strength to strength. There are good reports from the rayon and silk industries, both of which anticipate good business during the autumn.
Scotland..
The Scottish tweed trade continues to improve, as also does that of the manufacture of hosiery and knitted underwear. The shipping industry at Glasgow shows a slight improvement. The works of Messrs. Scottish Dyes, Grangemoilth, are to be extended at a cost of 118,000. Stirlingshire E.C. is considering a school-building programme estimated to cost nearly 1250,000. A. M. Cochrane and Co. is to reconstruct the roads and sewers at the Blackhill housing site, Glasgow.
North-East Coast There is a slight improvement in the shipbuilding industry in this area. The coal trade remains good, and prospects for coke sales are improving. South Shields T.C. is considering a five-year slum-clearance scheme.
Yorkshire.
In Sheffield, the stainless-steel business is good, and trade in pen-knives remains steady. Makers of safety. razor blades and scissors, although not quite so busy as they have been, have still plenty of work.
The iron trade of Middlesbrough is improving both as regards home trade and overseas sales. Constructionalsteel producers are active, and makers of sheet steel are a little busier than recently. Merchants of scrap metal are in receipt of a large number of inquiries, and there is plenty of forward business being placed. The Wombwell works of the Wood Brothers Glass Co. are to be reopened.
Bradford T.C. has recently passed plans for 108 houses to be erected by private enterprise. Bedlington U.D.C. is to build 80 houses on the Little Mill site, and Chester-le-Street U.D.C. is to construct 50 houses. Leeds is proposing to carry out a five-year clearance scheme involving the demolition of 35,000 houses.
F. Haslarn, Ltd., Doncaster, has been given the contract for extensions at the Keldgate reservoir, Hull, the price being 134,404. TsIessre. C. Ilebditch, Loftus, Yorkshire, are to build the new school at Grangetown, Eston, Lancashire.
The rayon factories in Manchester and district and Macclesfield appear to be busy in all departments. There is a
n.38 demand for yarns, the knitting section is active, manufacturers of linings are well occupied, the dress-goods trade is busy with preparations for the autumn, and overseas business is better than has been for months.
Messrs. Simon Carves, Cheadle Heath, have received some large orders for coke ovens and coal-handling plant. The activity in the building industry has caused an improvement in the glass industry at St. Helens. Electricalengineering concerns in the Manchester area are busy, and Caramel', Laird and Co. has in hand several important contracts for ship repairing.
Birkenhead T.C. is preparing a comprehensive plan for building houses to accommodate persons displaced by slum clearances. Bury T.C. Is to build 264 houses to complete the Huntley Fold scheme. Messrs. H. Derbyshire, Wigan Road, Standish, are to build 32 houses for Standish-with-Lang,tree U.D.C.
Midlands.
l‘takers of stockings in the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire areas are busy, especially those concerned with hose of real silk and the higher grades of fullfashioned rayon. A new development is the growing popularity of brightcoloured pullovers.
The activity in the building trade is reacting to the benefit of the potteries, especially in connection with makers of glazed tiles and sanitary ware. Staffordshire ironmasters anticipate steadily improving trade, particularly those concerned in the manufacture of strip metals and marked bars.
The galvanized-sheet-metal trade is good, and all makers of hardware are continuing to reap benefits of activity in the building trade. The edge-tool trade in Birmingham and district is definitely progressing, and the leather industry in Walsall is much better.
Makers of boots and shoes in the Northampton area continue to be active, especially those making higher-grade
men's footwear. Motorcar manufacturers are busy and the demand for bicycles is 100 per cent, in advance of last year's figure.
Messrs. John Dallow and Sons, Blackheath, Steffs, are to erect the new municipal buildings for Dudley T.C. Messrs. Wilson Lovett and Sons, Wolverhampton, are to be responsible for the erecton of the main buildings in aeonnection with the Birmingham hospitals centre scheme.
Grantham T.C. proposes to erect 122 houses on a site off Springfield Road, to accommodate the staff and employees of the new concern of Barford and Aveling. Messrs. Green and Mackender are to build 50 houses at Ashby, Scunthorpe, and it is anticipated that they will eventually construct 250.
Walsall is to proceed with a five-year housing programme and, as a preliminary, has scheduled as unfit 625 houses in Birelaills, Bridge, Paddock and Hatherton Wards., Salop C.C. is to proceed with a new by-pass road at Church Stretton, whilst Mansfield is to improve the Mansfield-Alfreton Road at a cost of over £26,000.
Wales.
Business in tin-plate in the Swansea area is steady. It is anticipated that the Government offer of preference on home-produced motor spirit will benefit this district.
The Swansea and DistriCt Farmers' Association, Ltd., .invites tenders from haulage contractors for conveying goods to the Assooiation's stores at Killay, Gowerton and Fforestfach. Particulars and forms of tender may be obtained from the manager of the Association, Killay, Swansea.
London and Home Counties.
The timber trade is particularly active, and there is plenty of movement in the docks. Activity in the building industry is reflected .in the brick-making business and in other allied trades. The demand for leather remains steady, according to reports from Bermondsey.
Eastbourne is to have a new open-air bathing pool at the Redoubt. Barking T.C. has passed plans for a large number of houses, including 71 on the Beeontree housing estate for the L.C.C., and 186 on Alfred's Way Estate for Suburban Developments (London), Ltd.
Improvements to the Pavilion, at Bournemouth, are likely to cost 119,000. A bakery is to be erected at the rear of Lymington Road, near Chadwell Heath railway station, and it is expected to give employment to 600 persons. A new wing is to be built to the Medway Hospital. Wingett, Ltd., is to move from its present works at Warwick to those at Rochester, which are being relinquished by Aveling and Porter and Barford and Perkins.
Gypsum Lime and Alabastine (Canada), Ltd., a concern making builders' products, is to erect a new factory at Gashouse Point, Rochester. A building scheme, proposed to be carried out on a site facing Southampton Water, is estimated to cost 1500,000. South Mimms R.D.C. has approved plans for 50 houses. Alderman J. D. Denton is to build an assembly hall at Worthing, at a cost of 140,000.
The first instalment of the L.C.C. slum-clearance scheme is to be proceeded with next year, at a cost of 12,000,000. Tottenham U.D.C. is to demolish 321 houses. Portsmouth is to spend .1689,000 on its slum-clearance plan. Uxbridge U.D.C. proposes to erect 224 houses on the Avenue housing site, whilst Messrs. G. H. Gibson and Son, High Wycombe, are to erect 116 houses on the Park Farm site for Hayes and Harlington TI.D.C.