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THE home railway traffic receipts form an accurate guide to the state of trade and industry in these islands. It is, therefore, of considerable interest to note how they confirm the statements made in these notes, particularly since the beginning of this year.
For the five weeks ended February 4, the receipts on account of the transport of merchandise have totalled £4,804,000, as against £4,111,500 for the corresponding period of 1933, an increase of £692,500, or 16.8 per cent.
Scotland.
Glasgow shipyards are still quite busy and the demands of other consuming industries are maintained. The condition of the heavy steel trade shows a slight improvement. The British Admiralty has placed an order for a minesweeper, to be built in the Clyde district. A start has been made on the giant Cunarder.
The Mansion House, Dundee Road, Seaforth, is to be converted into an hotel, with two new wings.
Colville's Steelworks, Motherwell, are now working at full capacity, as a result of recent orders in connection with naval contracts. Alexander Hall and Co., Aberdeen, will be fully employed for seven months, having orders for seven tugs.
Wishaw T.C. has had plans passed for :312 dwelling houses. Perth T.C. is to build 214 houses. The Motherwell authority estimates that it will need 1,377 houses under the five-year scheme. Plans have been passed for the erection by Airdrie T.C. of 294 houses to cost £90,000.
North-east Coast.
Reports from the iron and steel trade in Middlesbrough are, good. Many more machines are in operation than has been the case for a long time. Messrs. G. P. Austin and Sons, Newcastle-on-Tyne, have received an order for a collier. The iron and steel trade in Newcastle is much btisier.
Sunderland E.C. has approved the erection of a junior technical college at Clawan Terrace, also the conversion of" Seaforth," Seaview, into a special school for debilitgted children. Berwick T.C. is to erect 100 houses, Yorkshire.
The cutlery industry in Sheffield is steady and some branches are particularly active, manufacturers of pocket knives, table knives, scissors and safety-razor blades being well employed. The steel trade is also good, necessitating the working of overtime in many works.
Messrs. Squire and Sons, of Selby, have secured the contract for a sewerage scheme for Bexhill-on-Sea Town Council and for laying water mains for Brighton Corporation.
Mills. in Bradford, Huddersfield and Leeds are so busy that they are short of hands,
Lancashire and Cheshire.
Most encouraging reports of industrial development come from Lancashire. Many cotton mills are being reopened. A Nelson concern is making considerable additions to its plant, and the Cellulose Acetate Silk Co., Ltd., Lancaster, is making large extensions at its. works. Factories are to be built on Manchester Corporation's Wythenshawe estate. Associated Textile Industries (Macclesfield), Ltd., is to erect a textile works at I3ispham.
A new industry will shortly be established at Partington, near Manchester, where glass houses for the intensive cultivation of flowers, fruit and vegetables are to be erected.
A Middlewich concern of silk crepe yarn manufacturers is extending its factory, whilst Bowater's Mersey Paper Mills are completing extensions
to the works at Ellesmere Port. Firms making machinery for the woollen industry are well employed.
Rochdale Town Council has approved the provision of public baths at an estimated cost of £57,000. Blackpool Education Committee is to proceed with the erection of a, technical college to cost £60,000. It is also proposed that a stadium and motorracing track should be constructed.
Midlands, Certain branches of the iren and steel trade are busy. Makers of light castings are fully employed and the Staffordshire bar-iron trade is brisk. The hardware industry continues tobe busy. Business in the hosiery trade continues to be steady.
Works are being erected at Tipton. Staffs., for the Triplex Foundry, Ltd., at a cost of £500,000. A new engineering works is to be built in the Birmingham area. Further improvement in the pottery trade is anticipated.
Derby Town Council proposes to provide a new police court and offices, a new admission block at the mental hospital, extensions to the Technical College, to remove the Burton Road bottleneck and to carry out the Spot improvement scheme.
Wales.
The outlook in the tin-plate industry is regarded as being hopeful. Cardiff coal trade is active, whilst Swansea is experiencing a keen demand for anthracite coal. A cigarette factory is to be erected at Cardiff, and at Swansea a new factory for the manufacture of clothing is to be opened.
West Country.
Messrs. W. Woolaway and Sons propose to build 250 houses on the Anchor Wood Farm, Sticldepath. dloucester T.C. has approved the erection of 230 houses near St. Alwyn Road.
London and Home Counties.
A hospital is to be built on the Carshalt= portion of the St. Helier estate, at an estimated cost of £500,000. Eastbourne T.C. proposes to erect an openair school and is applying for sanction to borrow £29,000 for an improved bandstand and shelter accommodation, also £5,000 for the erection of shelters.
Essex E.G. proposes to build schools at Dagenham, Rayleigh, Upminster, Rochford and South Hornchurch. Sutton and Cheam U.D.C. proposes to build a swimming bath to cost £38,836.