BUILDING TRADE

Gisborne Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9573, 26 July 1923, Page 4

BUILDING TRADE

| GOOD PROSPECTS OF TRADE. ! M ORK IX HA XT) OR OOXTFV- ! elated ox aiaxy boldixgs: j . There is a large amount of building ! A 1 pi ' H F 1 ] ‘ OS . < in Gisborne just now. and tlie trade is being fairly well emploved on the various jobs in hand. the large building at the corner of Gladstone Road and Cobden Strccumior construction for Air Humphrey L.iv.y is rapimv nearing completion, n.ul only the finishing touches are required to make the shops ready for lap occupation of business. The extenor « finished, with the exception m die lights under the verandah, v.mch will not, of course, bo wired "p } lutll t]y '' hist- moment., and the plasterers are ims.v on the interior. .Arons asui v_o. have in course of erection a commodious factory two c.oors down Derby Street from their pie-.ent location. The structure is oi muck and concrete, but, as vet is ‘-fc y-y - 1 ; advanced. At the rear ‘A G'c Banmr Board's offices m Read s Guay a largo bicycle shod and moms lor the engineering staff are imn-g put. up, also m brick.*' This additnni to tlie Board's promises will lepluce sonic old wooden sheds that formerly occupied the site. first section of the new Cash . (.ores building is practically complete, and tlie next section will not be commenced for an interval of mglit or nine months probably) In its present unfinished, state, with the sums facing Grey Street and Gladstone Road covered with roofing iron. t.no structure has a striking effect, but u .ion t.ie complete building is erected i is evident that a very ime appearanoe. inc.eed will bo presented. Iho alterations to Alessrs Common o licit on and Co.’s stores on Palmerston Road, winch involved the complete re-erection of a large floorspace, are proceeding apace, all tlie foundations being finished and one t tlie walls being in an advanced state. Preparations are in train for the two-storeyed building to be put np on the corner of Grey Street ante Gladstone Road, opposite the Cash .stores, and work on the actual structure will be commenced within a • short time. It is understood that several other business firms are contemplating alterations and additions, while men are also required for work on residential' buddings. In the opinion of a leaclmg architect, there is every prospect of plenty of work for builders throughout the spring and summer.