MORE BUILDING IN CITY

Southland Times, Issue 23732, 2 February 1939, Page 4

MORE BUILDING IN CITY

RECORD ACTIVITY PROMISED BIG TOTAL REACHED IN JANUARY RETURNS Representing a total value in proposed work of £29,218, the building permits issued in Invercargill in January promise record building activity in the city. The total is the highest for January for the past seven years, and only twice in the last seven years has £30,000 been reached in any one month. In July 1936, permits were issued for building work valued at £36,000. and, in November 1936, for work valued at £34,000. The highest total last year was £26,367, in October. The proposed building work in January last yeai was valued at £9603. The totals for January for the past seven years and this' year are as follows: — £ 1932 4,348 1933 1,711 ‘ 1934 7,882 1935 12,045 1936 16,478 1937 11,824 1938 9,603 1939 29,218

Something towards meeting the reported housing shortage in Invercargill will be done in the near future, for permits were issued last month for 18 new dwellings of a total value of £20,321. In January last year, permits for seven new dwellings, of a total value of £6390, were issued. The last monthly returns published, those for December last year, show that work was proposed on 10 new dwellings, of a total value of £11,485. Much work is also to be done on additions to business premises, for which 11 permits, representing a total value of nearly £6OOO, have been issued. Details are as follows: No. Value

V £ s d New dwellings 18 20,321 0 0 Additions to dwellings 11 2,004 19 6 New business premises 1 475 0 0 Additions to business premises 11 5,985 0 0 Additions to public buildings 1 230 0 0 Outhouses, and so on 6 202 0 0 TOTALS 48 29,217 19 e