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111HE clothing, drapery, and boat and _L shoe trades continue to be active. The demand for such articles as tennis clothing, bathing costumes and beach wear has commenced, this year, earlier than usual. Of particular interest to hauliers is the fact that orders for all kinds of wearing apparel are passing to the warehouses in considerable frequency, showing invariably the characteristic that urgent delivery is essential. It is anticipated that this activity will continue right up to Whitsuntide and possibly beyond it.
The building trade is improving. ?3uilders' ironmongery is in demand, as is timber for the same purpose. The steel trade is improving and the placing of orders for new ships is improving business for all those different industries which are concerned in the supply of shipbuilding materials and parts.
North-east Coast.
The decline in the demand for domestic coal is apparently offset by the increase in that for industrial purposes.
Newcastle T.C. has slum-clearance schemes in hand, estimated to cost over 025,000. Washington (Durham) U.D.C. has accepted the tender of Mr. J. Barrow, of Jarrow, for the erection of 24 houses at Heworth Road.
The timber trade at Tyne Dock and West Hartlepool, which has not been so bright lately, will be seriously affected by the recent decision by Russia to stop all trade with this country. On the Wear, Messrs. Short Bros. are to reopen their shipyard.
A £12,000 contract has been booked by Messrs. W. Pearson and Sons, West Hartlepool, for the erection of a new council school on the Seaham Harbour Carr House estate. Darlington B.C. contemplates building another new school to accommodate 480 children. At Middlesbrough, Messrs. Archibald and Archibald, Albert Road, Middlesbrough, are the architects for a large layout scheme involving the building of many houses.
East Anglia.
There is considerable activity in the boot and shoe factories of Norwich. It. J. Pryce and Co. is to build a factory in Battery Green Road, Lowestoft. The Lowestoft Co-operative Society is to build new shops in London Road South.
Scotland.
Hosiery and underwear manufacturers in the Harlech district are better employed and there is still further slight improvement in the tweed trade. Arbroath T.C. is considering the construction of an open-air swimming pool. A. large hotel to cost £75,000 is to be built at Cunningpark, Doonfoot, Ayr. A cinema is to be built on the site of the Waverley Hotel and shops, Dunoon.
Lancashire and Cheshire.
Hauliers in Liverpool and Manchester should note that the demand for :timber is improving and is expected to be good for some time. The silk and rayon industry in Macclesfield is active,
both as regards manufacture of yarn and of piece goods. There is a steady flow of orders for glass bottles and for general glassware. A healthy business in a wide range of cloths is being done in the factories of Manchester and district. The bulk of the orders are for the home trade. In the Warrington, Runcorn and Liverpool leather markets the best line is bends suitable for repair work.
A large hotel is to be built by Bent's Brewery Co., at the junction of Aintree Road and Fernhill Road, Bootle. Bebington U.D.C. is to erect 116 houses on the Bromborough housing estate. Messrs. J. A. Milestone and Son, Wallasey Road, Wallasey, are to erect a large school in Alpha Drive, Rockferry, for Birkenhead E.C.
Midlands.
The principal motorcar manufacturers are now 'very busy. George Fletcher and Co., Derby, is making mechanical equipment for three sugar factories in India.
The iron and steel trade is improving, especially the demand for galvanized sheets. Makers of components for the cycle trade are active. Manufacturers of boots and shoes report that there is prospect of their present activity being maintained for some time.
Conditions in the pottery trade are improving, if slowly. The artificial silk and cotton factories in Leek and district are active, and many of the factories in Leicester devoted to the making of summer holiday goods have plenty of orders. It is of interest to note that business between this part of England and the North is increasing. Leicester T.C. proposes to spend over £125,000 on municipal buildings. Smethwick Corporation is inviting tenders for the erection of 216 houses on the Warley Estate. Mr. R. Bustwayte is to erect 32 houses at New Cross Road for Stamford P.C. Yorkshire.
Business in the spinning section of the woollen mills is better than it has been. There is an improvement in the demand for good-quality cutlery and plate, whilst that for cheaper varieties still remains active. Rayon factories are busier, especially in Bradford.
The call for iron and steel supplies for shipbuilding is better, according to reports from Middlesbrough, whence also there is a fair demand for galvanized sheets. The lighter branches of the steel trade are.also busy, especially those engaged in strip, stainlesssteel and magneto construction. Tool makers are also busy.
Wales.
Anthracite collieries are busy. A new pit is to be sunk in the .Ammanford district and two in the Dulais Valley between Crynant and Seven Sisters.
Newport Corporation is proposing to restore the embankment on the eastern side of the River Usk at an estimated cost of £30,000. Leckwith Bridge is to be rebuilt and a new road is to be laid up Leckwith Hill. Messrs. J. M. Evans, of Carmarthen, are to build an isolation hospital at Llwyncwtta.
The demand for tin-plates is considerably better than it was at this time last year. The Welsh coal trade remains steady.
The Rose Patent Fuel Works, King'a Dock, Swansea, is to reopen shortly with its full complement of some 250 men. British Briquettes, Ltd, Cardiff, confirms the prospect of reopening this Swansea works, which it controls. A good deal of patent fuel in the area is transported by road vehicles.
West Country.
The timber docks at Bristol offer opportunities for loads to builders. There is an improvement in the demand for gloves, according to reports from Yeovil, particularly of leather and peccary. Somerset C.C. is inviting tenders fo,r the building of two large schools, one at Weston-super-Mare, the other at Timsbury.
London and Home Counties.
A considerable amount of haulage is in demand for the conveyance of timber for building. There is a reasonable demand for leather for repair work, according to. reports from Bermondsey, but, otherwise, leather sales are below the average.
Works in connection with the Thames at Weybridge are projected by the Thames Conservancy Board. The total cost will be £86,000 and, out of that sum, 07,000 will be spent on roads and bridges. Plans have been passed for over 230 houses and flats to he built in Orpington.
Extensions which are proposed to the Hanwell Hospital are likely to cost £2,500; 18.000 is to be spent on extending Hanwell library and on building one at Greenford; £15,000 is to be spent on alterations to Merchant Taylors School, Charterhouse Square, London.