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WHERE TO FIND HAULAGE BUSINESS
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A Feature which Hauliers Find Helpful in Estimating and Anticipating Chances for Obtaining Contracts
BEET collecting arrangements are being completed and winter programmes generally are receiving attention. On the whole trade is better.
North.east. Coast.
A bus shelter is to be built at Church Street, Gateshead-on-Tyne, by Mr. C. B.
. Smith, Eighton Banks, Gateshead, Co. Durham. Mr. E. Thompson, of Dinnington Village, Bontiland, near Newcastle, is to build a convent and chapel at Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, and W. Hall and Co., Gateshead, is to build a school at Cowgate, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
' Yorkshire.
There is a slight improvement in the woollen industry : export trade is increasing and the heavy woollen mills are active. Yorkshire rayon factories are busy.
Business in razor blades and scissors is active in Yorkshire, and manufacturers of magnets for -wireless sets, etc., are busy.
La.neashire and Cheshire.
Settlement of the labour troubles has naturally had the effect of increasing haulage opportunities in the cotton milling area. The business in rayon fabrics also is expanding. Macclesfield silk factories have just re-opened following the holiday and there is improvement in the leather trade.
A new concern, Williamson's Shoes (Waterfoot), Ltd., has taken over Whitewell Bottom Mill, in the Rossendale Valley. Cabinet makers in Liverpool are buying timber more freely.
It is anticipated that the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board will approve a recommendation to accept the tender of Francis Morton and Co., for the construction of 29 steel pontoons for the Woodside and Wallasey landing stages.
Midlands.
The boot and shoe trade is increasingly active. Business in lace curtains and nets is better, and Leicester's hosiery factories are doing more work. Some manufacturers of underwear have orders to keep them busy for weeks.
The Potteries, the galvanized sheetsteel, hardware and metal-furniture trades are doing better. Messrs. Read Bros., 50 Manthorpe Road, Grantham, are to build houses for the 'West Kesteven Rural District Council.
Wales.
The coal trade is busier, especially in the anthracite areas, whilst the tinplate trade is more active. Considerable progress is being made with the foundation and preliminary works for the new power station at Tir John North, Swansea.
East Anglia.
Those boot manufacturers in Norwich who specialize in fabric shoes are busy. Mr. V. E. Harrison, the Carlton Cinema, All Saint's Green, Norwich, has acquired a site at Mile Cross, where he proposes to build another cinema.
Scotland.
Wholesalers in Glasgow, especially those handling drapery, clothing and boots and shoes, have loads to offer.
c60 West Country.
The harvesting of cider apples begins this month. In some parts the crop is light, but in Herefordshire it shows some increase on last year. There is a number of makers in the county. Prices paid by the Bulmer's concern of Hereford include free delivery within an eight-mile radius. Beyond that the additional carriage is paid by the company for carriage "by the most economical form of transport."
The leather trade in Bristol, as in the other parts of the country, is expected to improve next week, after the conclusion of the annual Shoe and Leather Fair. It is proposed to reconstruct the Royal Theatre, Torquay, and to rebuild it as a cinema. Portland Urban Council is to erect new council offices at Fortune's Well.
The Swindon Public Construction Co. is to build 20 houses at Highiey.