NEWS AND NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 13, 6 April 1927, Page 10

NEWS AND NOTES

IN THE BUILDING WORLD Plans are in hand for the erection of a two-storey building at the top of Alexandra Street for the Masonic Lodge Ara, No. 348, 1.C., the mother lodge of Freemasonry in Auckland. The new structure will consist of a lodge room on the first floor and a refectory on the ground level. The cost of the hall and its equipment will run into £B,OOO. A start has already been made on the building which will take six months to complete. As indicating the continued progress of Auckland in the building world, figures for the twelve months ended March 31 show that permits to the value of £1,567,152 were issued by the Auckland City Council, being only £BO6 less than the previous year’s figures. The following table sets out the monthly returns for the year and the comparison with the previous year: 1925-26 1926-27 April .. 106,351 128,541 May 120,364 56,901 June .. .. .. .. • -101,67 S 155,624 Julv 101,585 139,050 August .. .. •• •• 232,842 59,028 September 145,810 230,043 October 130,513 171,333 November .. .. .. 131,472 109,399 December 123,015 152,551 January 71,947 53,203 February 145.503 112,195 March 154,21 S 169,248 £ 1.567.958 £1,567,152