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.Messrs Reed Bros, v.'ere the successful tenderers for a residence near liydal Downs for Mr J. IV. Ensor. Extensive alterations are to be made to the Manchester street face of Messrs Charles Begg and Co.. Ltd.'s premises in Manchester .street, and an additional stor-ey will be added. For the six months ended Jane 30; hj, the Waimairi County Council authorised the erection of buildings to the value of £69,935, as compared with £34,880 for the corresponding period of 1928. On Tuesday a block of lour shops in Colombo street, Svdenhani, owned by Messrs Hancox and Bteere, changed hands at a price of approximately £IOO a foot, 'the sale was effected through the agency of Ford and Hadfield, Ltd. Work is nearly finished on the new sub-station in Idris road for the Municipal Electricity Department. Work has been delayed because of wet weather and a shortage of bricklayers, but it is expected that it will bo ready shortly for the installation of the electrical equipment. On a small block m Fendalton, bounded by Clyde road, Pukako street, and the lliver Avon, where no house? were previously, six residences have been erected in a few months, two are just about to be begun, and more ar« expected to be started shortly. " THE PRESS" BUILDING. IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAV.

Tenders are being called by llr B. Lovell-Smith, architect, for internal j alterations to the Press Company buildings. These will be mainly on the first j floor, where the literary start' will be j accommodated in more up-to-date quarters, while on the second floor eome reconstruction will be necessary to provide a new Board-room to replaee that now on the first floor. In future the reporters will work in a big room, 42i't by 30, with doubleglazed windows to keep out street noises, central heating, and up-to-date lighting. The various editorial and sub-edi-torial offices will be adjacent to the reporters' room, and will be divided from it by new glazed partitions. An enquiry office for the convenience of the public will be placed in a position convenient to both stairs and lift. In addition t» a number of other small improvements, the rooms will be repapered and red< Trated on attractive lines. New front entrance steps with a very i easy grade will be provided.