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THE demand for leather continues. In the timber trade the returns show increases in imports of wood of every description. The drapery and clothing industry is in a much better state than it has been for some time. Cloth and garment manufacturers are particularly busy, whilst prospects for the future are exceptionally promising.
Scotland.
The shipbuilding industry continues to improve, although somewhat :lowly. In the steel trade conditions are better all round. James Keith and Blackburn Co., Ltd., Arbroath, proposes extending its iron foundry.
Fife C.C. has approved plans tor submission to the Scottish Education Department for the building of a high school at Dunfermline. Plans are to be submitted to Midlothian C.C. for the erection of a school at Penicuik.
Sal tcoats T.C. is to erect 107 houses, Renfrew T.C. is to build 430 houses under the five-year plan, whilst Irvine is to construct 52 small houses.
North-east Coast.
The improvement in the iron and steel trade continues. The coal trade remains brisk. Makers of edge tools are experiencing a good demand from distributors in the home market. Most of the factories are well employed. • • • ,More blast furnaces are being lighted on Tees-side, and the outlook generally is decidedly better. Marineengine works in Hartlepool are active. The recent shipbuilding orders have brought the number of vessels being built up to 23, excluding several trawlers.
Wallsend T.C. has accepted the tender of its borough engineer at £24,000 for the erection of 84 houses in the Archer Street area, whilst tenders are to be invited for the construction of a further 100 dwellings. At Darlington, Messrs. Lane and Fox, 13, Southfield Crescent, Norton, are preparing for building 360 houses on fllairs Allotments. At Sunderland, plans are being prepared by the borough engineer for building 830 houses on the Ford Estate.
Yorkshire.
The cutlery industry in and around Sheffield is active, there being a keen demand for table knives, spoons and forks. Twenty-two Sheffield cutlery concerns are exhibiting at the British tridustries Fair. The position of the woollen industry generally is good. Inquiries in the manufacturing section are numerous, whilst spinners continue to be busy.
Barnsley T.C. is applying for sanction to proceed with a scheme for 1,000 houses. Huddersfield E.C. recommends the erection of a school at Highlields and extensions to Almondbury Grammar School. A building programme, involving the expenditure of £240,153, is to be carried out at Oulton.
Midlands.
The iron and steel trade in Staffordshire is developing, the most active branch being that producing marked bars and strips. Conditions in the lock-making district of Willenhall are improving.
Leather and shoe prices are firm, and this should stimulate business in this branch of industry. In Northampton there are definite signs of improvement.
Encouragirtg reports come from the hosiery trade, where conditions are better than they have been for 10 years. Manufacturers of children's outerwear and women's garments are particularly active.
It is proposed to build a cinema on the Wesley Castle Estate, Birmingham.
Lancashire and Cheshire.
The outlook in the leather industry continues to be promising. Orders for medium-weight dry-hide bends are more numerous.
Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., is to build two twin-screw tenders for Trinity House. Rochdale T.C. is considering building pu4e baths in Entwistle Road at an estimated cost of £55,000. A technizat college is to be built at Blackpool, subject to Government sanction, the cost being estimated at £60,000.
' Wales.
It is hoped that Brymbo irhu and steel works, near Wrexham, which are being restarted after three years, will be in full operation by Easter. This will call for the supply of 6,000 tons of coal and coke per week, thus benefiting mining and other industries of the district.
Brecon E.C. is to acquire a site for a school at Glanrhyd.
West Country.
Improvements are noted in the timber trade, and the demand for boots and shoes is better.
Devon C.C. proposes to build a school at Paignton, whilst Somerset C.C. is applying for sanction to borrow £15,050 for the construction of a school at Keynsham. It is proposed to provide hospital accommodation at Ham Green, Bristol.
London and Home Counties.
Shoemakers are experiencing a renewed activity owing to the break in the weather. The demand for sole leather is brisk.
Two schools are to be built at Ealing and extensive building opetations are to be carried out in the district. An elementary school is to be erected at Epsom. It is reported that 400 cottages are to be built in the Northbourne area of Farncombe, Godalming.
Messrs. C. R. Symons, Aldermans Hill, Palmers Green, London, N., are to build a five-storey block of fiats at Green Lanes, Harringay, also a swimming pool. It is proposed to lay out a 47k-acre site at Porchester on which 550 houses arc to be built.