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Drapery and Clothing Trade Active. Big Increase in Building Expenditure. More Business in Leather. Confident Outlook for Tinplate Industry
WHOLESALERS and retailers in the drapery and clothing business are now reported to be busier than they have been since the opening of the spring season. Larger quantities are being ordered than has been customary for some time, although most of them are accompanied by a stipulation that deliveries sball be made by small instalments at intervals.
Particularly does this extra activity appear to prevail in connection with women's and girls' clothing for seaside wear, men's flannel trousers and tweed sports jackets.
The building industry continues to expand. The prospective expenditure on buildings in the provinces, for which plans were passed last month, totals £6,249,100, which represents an increase of nearly 11,000,000 as compared with the figure for the corresponding month of last year. As the outcome of this, the timber trade is increasingly active, and there is a greater demand for the haulage of bricks.
The leather markets in various parts of the country are more active than for many months past, notwithstanding a much higher level of prices.
Scotland.
The demand for black sheet-metal is steady, according to reports from Glasgow. The Dean of Guild Court of that city has agreed to the erection of a large cinema at Sinclair Drive, also for the construction of 14 houses at Titwood Road and 19 shops at Hillingdon Road. A new school is to be built at Spoutwells, Scone. Inverness T.C. is to erect a further 104 houses.
North-east Coast.
Some of the smaller foundries on the north-east coast are busier, and, although the demand for domestic coal has slackened, it is expected that there will be a corresponding increase in business in coal for industrial purposes.
Messrs. W. Pearson and Son, Burn Road, West Hartlepool, are to erect a new school at Seaham Harbour on the Carr House Estate. Sunderland T.C. is to provide baths in Newcastle Road.
Yorkshire.
The heavy woollen districts of Yorkshire are experiencing a considerable improvement in business. Buyers of piece goods are already placing orders on winter accounts.
Doncaster T.C. is considering extensions to the public library in St. George Gate, to the children's home, Stanley House, and to the baths in Grey Friars Road. The tramways works at Queen's Road, Sheffield, are to be extended at a cost approximating to 126,000.
Mr. Charles Walker, of York, proposes to build 200 houses at Walkerville, a suburb of Catterick Camp. Darlington T.C. is to erect 50 houses in Boyne Street. Rotherham has under consideration a scheme for the erection
of about 200 houses to replace insanitary dwellings. A further scheme relates to the construction of 150 houses, in conjunction with Maltby U.D.C. Shipley U.D.C. is to build 60 houses at Cragg Road, Windhill.
A new by-pass road at Hatfield, Doncaster, is likely to be constructed to cost about 125,000. The Scarborough authority is proposing to construct a section of arterial road between Victoria Road and Trafalgar Street West.
Messrs. G. Dougill and Sons, Darling
ton, are to erect a school at Grangetown for North Riding E.C. W. J. Simms, Sons and Cooke, Ltd., 3, Weekday Cross, Nottingham, is to build 144 houses on the Endyke Lane Estate, for Hell T.C. M. J. Gkeson, Ltd., 822, Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, is to build 120 houses on the Woodthorpe Estate, Shtkfield, for the corporation.
Lancashire and Cheshire.
The more active inquiry for household goods in cotton materials and linen fabric is favourably affecting conditions in the Lancashire cotton areas.
Northwich Verdin Technical College is to be extended. Salford T.C. has approved the scheme of the Central Midland Trust, Ltd., for the erection of an exhibition hall on the site of the old Cattle Market, an expenditure of £250,000 being involved.
Lanes C.C. is to spend nearly 1250,000 on foraroad schemes, and the work is to proceed almost at once.
Messrs. T. Warrington and Son, Ellesmere Port, are to erect 58 houses on land adjoining Brackenwood, for Bebbington and Bromborough U.D.C. Midlands.
In the hosiery and lace factories of Nottingham and Leicester, the most active departments are those relating to the manufacture of beach costumes, coats, pullovers and jumpers. There is a steadily improving market for hosiery, and the underwear trade is in a state of activity.
Boot and shoe manufacturers continue to be busy, and many in Northampton and the surrounding areas are working overtime. A striking indication of the prospect of regular business in this line is afforded by the fact that a tannery near Northampton, which has been idle for many years, has now been put into working order again, and will shortly be in full swing.
The finished-iron trade of Staffordshire is more active, and the demand for builders' hardware and ironwork in the Midlands is improving steadily. Many orders for edge tools are being received.
Northampton T.C. has approved of the erection of public swimming baths at a cost of 152,000. Darlaston U.D.C. is to proceed with the erection of approximately 100 houses in various localities within its jurisdiction. West Bromwich T.C. has submitted a five year's programme of housing, which provides for a total of 1,500 houses, in preparation for which a similar number will be demolished.
Wolverhampton T.C. is to proceed with a scheme for the clearance of Walsall Street at an estimated cost of more than £170,000. H. Martin, Ltd., Thenford Street, Northampton, is to build a fire station on the Campbell Square site, for Northampton T.C. W. J. Simms, Sons and Cooke, Ltd., is to erect 60 houses on the Haregate Housing Estate for Leek U.D.C.
Wales.
The outlook for the tinplate trade in South Wales is quite good. Some works are booked with orders which will last for at least six months, keeping them busy until the end of the year.
Neath T.C. is expected to approve plans for 50 houses. Cardiff Public Works Committee anticipates beginning work on the North Orbital Road and Llandaff-Ely road scheme.
London and Home Counties.
Lewisham B.C. is likely to approve the building of 144 houses by Manor Estates, Ltd., on the Manor Lane Estate, and 33 houses by Messrs. laugh Mackintosh at Brockley Road. East Ham B.C. is to approve proposals for the erection of 98 dwellings on the North Woolwich and Market Street clearance area. Camberwell Town Hall is to be extended at an estimated cost of £50,000.
Canterbury T.C. has approved of the erection of over 50 houses throughout the township. Caterham and Warlingham U.D.C. is considering a proposal to erect 320 houses at Hatnsey Green by private enterprise. Hornsey is proposing to build new municipal offices at Crouch End. A new church house, estimated to cost 1500,000, is to be built at Smith Street, Westminster.
Plans have been submitted for the layout of Calverley Parade, Tunbridge Wells. The scheme provides for a library, museum and medical centre, and will involve an expenditure of £120,000.