THE BUILDING IN TIMARU.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6504, 31 December 1881, Page 6

THE BUILDING IN TIMARU.

Tm building trade was euwly ww » arthcly employed i« T>m*ru a* it I* « ««<* prorest lime. In all eirartwo* an active consumption of brick# and mortre is going on* Tbe handsomo offices for tbe New Araland Loan' and Mercantile Agency Company, adjoining Jonas* building*, are makmg good prorre**; and ao er* the new buddings for the' National .Bank, nest to the Nations* Mortgage a;*d Agency Caasptny # office. Farther south, the aeclioo whereon i'B Hop#’* shop was burned down a short lime ago, jha* Wen prepared for a range of new Sop#, ami the ro*’crate fonndrttons are •Ireodv kid. On William street.- facing the Marlei Blare, a good -used brick building » Sing up.; and cdtteges have lately eprnng «p e m«*hroom*. unobserved (ill they are up. in all par!.* of the town. Tbe new Waitongi : Mill*, however, vcUpro all the w. Toe original building,’ deiUr-Ted by Bre on May *1 hut, w*» probably the finest of cl*** in Canterbury. The new building will hare tow, if fijiy, tffjaitl# m llw Cclofty* Alf*wy storeys are c--wnp3rted, a ri*ih k proceeded with, a-.d when (hi# I* finish.d end to„ parapet added, “ Bmoe’s chimney, . hitherto a standard (ei- comparison (or greet will be dwarfed by (he big mill to ecwparelite ferieniiwo»- The wnramplwn of bricks in the erartien of (BrWlhs| eomrthiew so wonder at ? a donkey-engine » bpt busy all day wiodlnr up beavowdoads to (he workmen above. ■ On Ihs bench level, at the nest street, northward#, a Momenceaeol hm- been made with the erertlon of large store* for tbe Camera* Cte-o}»ratit» AraoriaItoe, and a portion of the foundation* are dc#n. On Friday a commencement was mad# to ex-weal# (he wimhlly day bwak brlwwm. W»l4si% Allan ant Htumilrs’ Horn Beptol* tory and the ratio road, to oak* room for * rang# cl rightly sisoo*. This rapid progress ic tusliiicg »lio** (hall tlmaru is going ahead la an ur.tciaiakaa.bk manner.