THE BUILDING TRADE IN AUSTRALIA.
' ■'.-. (By TelcgrapliASpecia.!;.oorrebp6h(leDt,) "',' :/'/.'•';'-W : - Auckland*/ October A: if ';.'The:_tasy,'condition. of.? ; tho. vbuildirig trade. ih/.Auckland is a. subject\6f. frequent./ remark, but, .•.■judging.;-' by : the' statement.of an/Aucklander;': who .has, 'just, returned, from a visit-to, Australia,, the -activity is.'ev.eh; greater on .the .other 'side of .the Tasmari-Sea...Australia is,' just, how'experiencing -a.'..full. floodtide of .'prosperity,: "and /this /is reflected'in a; marked, degree., in 'the building trade.! In' Melbourne, it; is. stated', -builders are ,so busy, that frequently no. tenders 'are; ■received for! works; advertised, by, archi.'tects,,..whilst in 'other, cases !only! one ortwo' tenders' ; of an' unsatisfactory. 'ch/ar'.acter ,'ard forthcoming. -..The-reason given .is thatj contractors':' are ; full of' .work,' ,and that they have,- a difficulty in' getting, the additional, workmen that the/taking of-more contracts would ne;cessitate. "My informant,"- says'the /returned Aucklander,:'' I instanced, one or two specific .works for which -tenders : had been . invited, '' but. which , did not 'produce a-single; response"! I * did riot make "any/ particular inquiries iri - Syd-ney-but;'my .'.impression' is ; 'that/the builde-rs-'are'equally.;busy, there; V, ; .
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 5
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165THE BUILDING TRADE IN AUSTRALIA. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 5
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