IMPROVING OFFICES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 301, 21 December 1933, Page 6

IMPROVING OFFICES

s - VICTORIA AVENUE PREMISES, nt “ BETTER OUTLOOK FOR BUILDERS. >d Confidence in the New Year and in r - the future of Wanganui is evidently felt by companies of standing in the city, for there are several contemplat|V ing alterations and extensions to buildings in the near future. Proposed n alterations to Paul’s buildings, lower j Victoria Avenue, which wore delayed ' last year on account, of the stringency of the times, have already been comd menced. V , T he owners of the building, the Na’n tional Mutual Life Association, have h accepted the tender of Messrs. John Jones and Sons. The amount of the contract runs well into four figures and the work will result in commodious and 0 comfortable offices. A separate ent trance will be built from Victoria y Avenue and the finish will bo in black v marble, in keeping with that of the s, company’s own office. When completed, y the improvements should make a vast e difference to the neighbourhood, a The architects for the alterations arc e Messrs. R. G. Taiboys and associates, t They were responsible for the altera--1 tions to the first portion of the build--1 ing. Interviewed yesterday by a • “.Chronicle” reporter, Mr. R. G. Taiboys said that the building trade generally holds much brighter prospects for 1934, and he considered that there was ’ every reason for builders to feel en- ' couragcd. The outlook also held great j promise, he said, for the general public, I as the building trade, in normal times, . employed a large section of the wage earners.