BOOSTING THE BRICK TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 83, 9 April 1929, Page 4

BOOSTING THE BRICK TRADE.

A PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION

When Amalgamated Biicks. Ltd.. arc definitely established at tin it M ono.-"'.! headquarters in (Queens Arc.ule. I ustoms Street, they will present to every eall-r .1 first class object in industrial" propaganda. Jn the construction of tiie co-n----modious offices now in preparation the carpenter and joiner have been idcgatM to the background, tor the whole of the walls, as well as the floors, ore of brick. Not the old-fashioned chimney brick -the remnants of which fill all the dumps i : the city, but the latest specimen* o; t,.modern brickiaaker's art. Some h;:ve dull finish, others are smooth and gla.:cd whilst diverse colourings are i.11it>«111. as well as a variety of shapes and ri Unly the doors and architrave.- have be mi left to the carpenter: all else is brick admirably arranged by the architect, and the result will come as a revelation to most people who see it for the first tine. Ihe exterior of the company's c>fJir* ■ < fronting on to Customs Street, has likewise been constructed and linish'cd entnel\ 111 brick, and provide* one of th" most pleasing frontages in the city.