PREMISES FOR BANKS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 35, 11 February 1931, Page 10

PREMISES FOR BANKS

All banks which did business in Napier and Hastings have announced resumption on 16th February, and they •will by that time havo suitable premises and accommodation for their staffs. Mr. James Fletcher, of the Fletcher Construction Company, stated on his return from the earthquake district that in Hastings the Bank of New South Wales's premises are being reconstructed and proper banking facilities for that bank and the Bank of New Zealand will be available when business resumes. There is a vacant area at the rear of these premises on which a now building will be erected to accommodate the National, Union, and Commercial Banks and the Bank of Australasia. It will be completed by 16th February. In Napier, Mr. Fletcher stated, negotiations are in train to secure a building which is standing, and it is to be fitted for business of the six banks formerly represented in that town. This also will be ready for occupation on 16th February. He and his fellow directors of the firm had visited both towns and organised sufficient labour within the area to cope with these urgent works. No call would be mado for outside labour, and full provision for material is being made from the local stocks. ,