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Clothing and Drapery Trades Active. Plentiful Business in Boots and Shoes. Many Building Contracts
WTAREHOUSEMEN in the cloth lag, drapery and allied businesses are now actively preparing for Whitsuntide; this week and those which remain until the advent of that holiday are likely to provide plenty of work for hauliers. The building trade grows daily more active, and the demand for timber supplies increases accordingly..
North-east Coast.
The prospects of a satisfactory conclusion to the trade agreement with Denmark, which are, at the time of writing, somewhat uncertain, are matters for serious concern in this area, because on them turn a fair proportion of the local export business in coal.
Newcastle T.C. is to spend 130,000 on the erection of 94 houses. Messrs. J. Thomas are to build 24 houses for aged petiple, to the order of Willington U.D.C. C. A. Parsons and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, has received some substantial orders.
East Anglia.
From Norwich comes the report that the orders being received for boots and shoes are more plentiful than they have been for some time. A new factory for the manufacture of these goods is to be built in Norwich for Messrs. ECaldenstein and Sons, of Norwich, and Messrs. C. F. Bally, of Switzerland.
Scotland.
• Several orders for shipping have been placed on the Clyde, including one with Messrs. Scott and Sons, of Bowling. The Great Western Railway Co. and the Southern Railway Co. are expected shortly to order vessels to be built in Clyde shipyards.
The county buildings, Forfar, are to be extended. A new school is to be built at Stranraer. The major part of a contract for the erection of 156 houses at Bow Farm, for Greenock Corporation, has been secured by J. and R. Kirk, Ltd., 5, Campbell Street, Greenock. A Glasgow concern is to manufacture and distribute a new safety clearance device for ships, aircraft, locomotives, etc.
Lancashire and Cheshire.
The most active section of the cotton industry is that which caters for the home trade, but the export trade is improving in some of its aspects. There is considerable activity in the timber docks and yards at Liverpool and Manchester. Sales of leather are moderately 'good, according to reports from -Warrington, Liverpool and Runcorn.
Manchester T.C. is likely to proceed with a slum-clearance scheme at laulme. An open-air swimming bath is to be constructed at Ellesmere Port. Horwick U.D.O. is to build houses at Lower Brumley. A cemetery is to be provided at LitherIand. Tenders of Interest to Hauliers.
MENDERS are invited by the follow ing (latest dates given in parentheses) :—Weabistone U.D.C., for roaddressing materials, shingle, sand and washed ballast. Apply to Mr. P. G. May, surveyor, Council Offices, Wealdstone. (May 15.) Haslemere U.D.C., for 1,500 tons of
in. gauge clean machine broken Thames ballast or pit gravel. Materials to he delivered in accordance with the regulations laid down by the Ballast, Sand and Allied Trades Association, Association loading plates must be affixed to each lorry, and an Association pink delivery ticket must be delivered with each load. Apply to Mr. A. G. Matcher, clerk to the council, Council Offices, Museum Hill, Haslemere. (May 23.)
Orders for tin plates, according to a Birmingham correspondent, are numerous, if somewhat small. Business in special steels for the motor trade is good. Edge-tool manufacturers report an improved demand, and there is increased activity amongst makers of tools for excavation work.
A new theatre is to he built at Kettering. Walsall T.C. is applying for sanction to borrow £48,000 for a building project. Eadie and Co., Wolverhampton, is to build 150 houses in Priory Road, Wellingborough.
Yorkshire.
In the woollen industry the most notable feature is the extensive demand for weaving yarns for quick delivery.
Boot and shoe makers in Leeds are active, and there is a correspouding state of affairs in the leather markets.
The output of stainless table cutlery is on a large scale, according to Sheffield reports, and the business in pocket knives remains steady. Contracts for " gift" or "coupon" goods are plentiful.
Dorman Long and Co. reports the receipt of some large orders, and manu
facturers of semi-finished steel in the Middlesbrough area are active. The output of steel from the county of Yorkshire, last month, was greater than it has been for some time.
The English Steel Corporation, -Vickers Works, Sheffield, is actively engaged on the production of escalator chains.
The Hull Housing and Town Planning Committee has approved a proposal to erect a cinema in Ferensway. Cottingham IT.D.C. has passed plans for 56 houses.
It is proposed to spend £200,000 on the reorganization of the hospitals in Hull. Easington R.D.C. is asking for tenders for the erection of 350 homes. Middlesbrough T.C. proposes to spend 10,5000 on theconstruction of a cemetery and the provision of playing fields at Sandy Flat Farm, West Ackram.
Messrs. G. Towers are to build 64'3 houses for aged people, to the order of Ashington U.D.C. Messrs. F. Clough. Wakefield. have secured a contract for the erection of 180 houses. on the Middleton housing estate.
Wales.
The conditions in the Welsh steamcoal trade are still improving. The tinplate industry remains steady.
New college buildings, to , cost £30,000, are projected in Aberystwyth. Colwyn Bay U.D.C. proposes to build 50 houses, and Llauelly P.C. is asking sanction for the erection of 48 houses at Penyf an.
• West Country.
The increase in building activity is favourably reflected in the demand for timber from the docks. The boot and shoe trade is good, as also is that in various grades of leather.
London and Home Counties.
Extensive building operations, both in connection with municipal housing schemes and as the outcome of private enterprise, are quickening the haulage industry in the London area, especially with regard to the conveyance of timber from docks and timber yards, and bricks from station and the brickmaking companies' depots.
The New Taplow Paper Mills are to be developed, and a considerable expansion in the output is anticipated.
Twickenham T.C. is considering proposals for the erection of a further 100 houses on the Forty-acre Field. Cambridge is to have a new Guildhall. A new cinema, estimated to cost £30,000, is to be built in Cosham High Street. Coulsdon and Purley T_T.D.C. has passed plans for 636 houses and 26 shops in the district.
Egham U.D.C. proposes to erect 172 houses in Parley Green Road. Guildford R.D.C. is to make extensive alterations to the council offices. The Orpington authorities have passed plans for the construction of 150 houses.
Southend E.C. is to build, a new school in Carlton Avenue, and the T.C. has passed plans for 73 new houses and several garages. Herts E.C. is to erect a new school to serve the Leavesden Green Housing Estate, Watford. Southend T.C. is seeking sanction to build 122 more houses on the Leigh housing estate.
Middlesex C.C. has been asked by the Ministry of Transport" to proceed with the construction of the Chertsey Road between Cole Park and Hanworth. The cost is to be about £170,000.