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Two brick shops are nearing completion on Lambton quay. Contractors, W. H. Edwards and Son. ****** Additions to shop in Kent Terrace for Mr. Saville are in course of erection. Contractors, W. H. Edwards and Son. ****** Three cottages are in course of erection at Miramar. Architect, W. Gray Young ; contractor, J. Moffat. ****** Alterations and repairs to the Working Men's Club, Petone, are in course of erection. Contractors, Lowin and Bull. ****** An ambulance shed and pay office is in course of erection at Petone for the Petone Borough Council. Contractors, Lowin and Bull. ****** The contract has been let fcr additions, etc., to the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Island Bay. Contract price, £557. Architect, John S. Swan ; contractors, Humphries Bros. ****** Smith and Smith have signed the contract for repairs and painting to a residence in Grant road. Architect, John S. Swan. ****** A seven-roomed residence is about to be erected in Brougham street, Wellington. Architect, W. Gray Young ; contractors, Eade Bros. ****** A tender has been accepted, and the work is now in progress, for erecting handsome office fittings and furniture foi the United Insurance Co. Architect, E. W. G. Coleridge ;j contractors, Jorgenson Bros, and Johann. ****** John S. Swan, architect, Wellington, has completed designs for a brick and concrete church at Wellington. The style of the building will be early English Gothic. The outside walls are to be finished with pressed brick and compo. dressings, while the roof will be open timber covered with patent roofing slates. ****** A striking example of the progressiveness of Masterton business establishments is furnished by the new fine premises just completed m Queen street, and known as the Exchange Buildings. The structure occupies 66ft. frontage to Queen street, and extends nearly 150 ft. in depth to Cricket street. The style of design adopted by the architect is Romanesque, and its graceful arches, with columned balconette and centre feature, have a very pleasing effect. Inside, the arrangements are just r<,s comprehensive, modern and artistic as the exterior is imposing. The frontal portion of the ground floor consists of one double shop, and two single shops with ante-rooms, all provided with the most modern fittittgs, show windows, offices, etc. ; the ceilings are stamped steel, by Bnscoe and Co., of Wellington. The main entrance, 9ft. wide, is in the centre of the frontage, and there ere splendid show windows on each side. This entrance opens on the mam hall, the feature of which is a grand staircase leading to the upper storey. Off this main hall is an up-to-date tea-room and lounge, and at the rear of the building are several large and well-lighted sample rooms. On the first-floor landing, which is lighted by an octagonal-shaped ceiling light, several corridors lead to offices (the latter being provided with strong rooms), meeting-room and photographic studio, all well-lighted and ventilated, with ample provision for lavatories, etc. The building is intended for letting purposes, and already several of the offices and the two smaller shops have been let. The structure has been erected to the order of Mr. J. L. Murray, of Masterton. Architect, James Bennie, Welln^Lon , contractor, John Hunter ; clerk of works, Mr. Rose. (See page 134.)

slates have been used for the roof, as Marseilles tiles, in the opinion of the designer, are too heavy in appearance for a wooden building The interior, as the ground plan shows, has been very compactly planned, so as to give the maximum amount of con-

The tender of Saunders Bros., at has been accepted for the erection of Messrs. Hannah and Co.'s new bcot factory of four storeys in brick at the rear of Mr. Robert Hannah's building in Cuta street. Architects, Penty and Blake.

A residence has just been completed in Cargill street, Dunedin. The situation is very commanding, overlooking the town and harbour. The building is of timber, the lower part being painted white, while the upper is reddish brown, the effect produced being very striking and pleasing. Asbestos cement

venience with a minimum of space. Pulp plastei has been successfully used on the walls, so that the paper could. |be put on at once. The first floor consists of four bed-rooms, bath-room, lavatory, and linen closets, etc. Architect, Basil ' t Hooper ; contractors, Bundell and Watkins.