BUILDING FIGURES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 421, 1 August 1928, Page 7

BUILDING FIGURES

JULY SHOWS INCREASE YEAR’S LEAD MAINTAINED The value of building permits issued in Auckland City during the seven months of the current year show s an increase of £7,558, compared with the corresponding period of last year. At the end of May the total for the year was £87,031 less than that for the first five months of last year. The leeway was overtaken in June, and July’s total places this year further ahead. The value of permits issued last month was £97,035, compared with £91,056 in July, 1927. The comparative figures for 1927 and 1928 are as follow: 1928. 1927. £ £ January .. .. 68,051 53,203 February .. .. 211,809 112,195 March .. .. 98,817 169,248 April 53,785 167,453 May 103,437 120,831 June 159,540 70,930 July 97,035 91,056 Totals .. .. 792,474 784,916 Last month permits for 37 dwellings, of an aggregate value of £40,475, were granted, as against 42 permits, aggregating £42,747, in July, 1927. The following permits were granted for larger buildings: Factory in Lome Street, £ 10,411; and blocks of flats in various parts of the city, £25,000. The Care of Sheets. —Sheets that are getting thin in the middle should be cut down the centre and the selvedge edges neatly joined; in this way there is less strain on the worn parts. Or If a large sheet begins to wear in other parts, It is a good plan to fake the best pieces of a sheet for a. smaller bed or cot. Always try to get as much as possible out of a sheet before putting it aside as old men. Often, too, there are strong portions which are worth making into a pillow or bolster cases, etc.