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OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS
NEW SOUTH
WALES.
Gordon. Mr. E. Greenfield, of
Croydon, is building a brick cotttage
to cost £6000 at Highland Avenue
for Mr. M. F. Caiman.
Gordon. At Beechworth St., Mr.
K. W. Park, 26 Bent St., Lindfield,
is bldg. brk. home costing £6000.
Gordon. Mr. A. E. Prince, of
"Cooinoo," Kissing Pt. Road, Turramurra,
is to build a brick home at
Pentecost Hwy. costing £7000.
Gordon. Beechworth Rd., Pym ble,
is the site of Mr. Le Compte's brick
home to cost £6000.
Gordon. A brick house, costing
.£6500 is to be built for Mr. H. R.
Wilkinson at Hope Street, Pymble.
North Shore Construction P/L., 12
Ennis Rd., Milson's Point, are the
builders.
Killara. Mr. A. J. Miller, 10 First
Ave., Willoughby, is bldg. brk. cott.
costing £6500 at Lady Game Drive.
Killara. Fidden's Wharf Rd. is site
of brk home to cost £6500, being built
by Mr. C. F. Bennett, of 2 Yarrabong
Road, St. Ives.
Killara. Mr. J. E. Lawson, 90 Victoria
Ave., Chatswood, proposes to
build a brick home, estimated cost
£8000, at cnr. Bent St. and Beaconsfield
Parade.
Killara. Mr. S. Reddrop's bk. home,
cost £9000, is to built at Pacific Hwy.,
Lindfield, by L. Bray & Sons P/L., of
1 Larkin St., Roseville.
Wahroonga. Lady Game Drive is
site of brk. home, cost £5000, to be
built by Mr. O. A. Staff, of 10 Eulbertie
St., Warrawee.
Wahroonga. A brk. home, costing
£11,000, will be built at cnr. Carrington
and Wahroonga Rds. Owner is
Mr. R. Lowe, Elva Ave., Killara.
Wahroonga. Mr. ]. Creer, 3 Spring
St., Sydney, plans to build a brick
home, costing £7000, at Burns Road,
Wahroonga.
Wahroonga. A brick home, to be
built for Mr. B. D. and Mrs. L.
Simpson, of 19 Norfolk St., Killara,
at cnr. Carrington and Eastern Roads,
will cost £8040.
Kingsgrove. Mr. A. Palamara, of
Kingsgrove Rd., Kingsgrove, is to
erect a shop and dwg. costing £10,000
in Kingsgrove Road.
Rockdale. Adds, to cost £8750 are
to be carried out to the factory of W.
C. Stevens in Allen Street.
Grafton. Gibson, Battle &? Co. Ltd.,
535 Kent St., Sydney, are the successful
tenderers for the supply of one
7500 kilowatt turbo-alternator and as'
sociated equipment for the Northern
Rivers County Council.
Randwick. A brk. cott., cost £6000,
is to be built at French St. by Mr.
E. A. Rackham.
Randwick. At the Corso, Mr. A.
W. Pearce is bldg. brick cottage and
garage to cost £7500.
Randwick. Alts, to Coogee Bay
Hotel in Coogee Bay Road are estimated
to cost £15,000.
Yarrowlumla Sh. CI. invites tenders
by May 31 for const, of Queanbeyan-
Michelago 11,000 volt transmission
line, involving the erection of 45 m.
of high and low voltage transmission
lines. Consltg. engrs. are Cosmo Reid
& Minahan, 7 Montague St., Goulburn.
Richmond. Minister for Agriculture
says Govnt. is spending £500,000
on Hawkesbury Agricultural College.
One unit, a dairy products factory,
is nearing completion.
West Ryde. A shopping block is
planned for Graf Ave. which will have
a roof-top parking area for 100 cars.
A hall, 110ft. by 96ft., is also planned
for Graf Ave., behind the Victoria
Rd. shops. Builder is W. E.
]. Graf, Bunnah Rd., Denistone.
Hornsby CI. deputation has been
informed by Metro. Water, Sewerage
and Drainage Bd. that it has decided
to include in the 1954/55 loan programme
sewerage extens. of seventh
division of East Lane Cove sub-main
(the Devlin's Creek section) and an
extens. of Terry's Creek. Area 10,
Portion 2. Approval given for raising
£20,000 loan for elect, system amplification
and purchase of vehicles.
New England Cty. CI. has been
granted approval of a £25,000 loan
to be applied to the development of
Oaky River Hydro-Electric Scheme,
which is estimated to cost £600,000.
Bega Valley Cty. CI. is to raise loan
of £100,000 for further expenditure
on second stage of George's Creek
Hydro-Elec. Development. £372,000
previously approved for this scheme.
Central West Cty. CI. is to receive
a subsidy of £23,045 for rural elect,
extens., estimated to cost £52,189,
which will serve 134 consumers (93
farms) in Alectown area. Loan of
£10,000 has been approved for elect,
programme works.
Monaro Cty. CI. is to receive subsidy
of £23,650 for rural elect, extens.
estimated to cost £70,962 and which
will serve 191 consumers (30 farms)
in Cooma-Nimmitabel-Bombala area.
Mullumbimby Munic. VI. has been
granted rural elect, subsidy of £6380
for extens. to 66 consumers (42
farms) at Brunswick Heads-Billinudgel
-The Pocket, within the Shire of
Byron. Estimated cost is £13,461.
Rookwood cemetery is to have ao
Anglican memorial chape! built at a
cost of about £40,000 as the result
of a gift by Bondi man. Plans have
been approved by Archbishop and
provide for a red texture bk. monumental
type of chapel with copperdomed
roof. Archt. is F. H. B.
Wilton, Hinkler Ct„ Russell St., Wollstonecraft.
Sydney. Bottling plant is to be
built at a cost of £500,000 for Distillers
Co. Ltd., of Great Britain, 5 3
Martin Place. Seven brands of Scotch
whisky will then be bottled under one
roof.
Pyrmont. More than £5000 damage
was caused by a fire at two adjoining
factories.- . The firms occupying the
bldg. 'are The Mobile Crane Co. and
McCarthy & Herring Machinery
Works, Bridge Road, Pyrmont.
Albury City CI. will receive tenders
until
June 9 for extens. of
Mudge's
Canal, construction of approx. 509 lin.
ft. of open concrete channel in Hovell
St., and also for construction of 1630
lin. ft. of open earth drain and two
r.c. box culverts between
Lowry
and
Fallon Sts., North Albury.
Quirindi Municipality has been
granted £5000 loan for rural elect, expenditure
to serve 63 consumers.
Total expenditure approved is £18,000.
Extens. will be in the Borambil-
Ouipolly areas.
Brisbane Water Cty. CI. has had
loans of £10,000, £15,000, £20,000
and £65,000 approved. £10,000 is to
be applied to rural elect, extens.,
which will cost over £41,700, to serve
72 consumers in the filliby-Dooralong
area, and 67 consumers in the Yarramalong
area. The remaining amounts
are for general system amplification.
Maitland City CI. has approved
bldg. application for workshop and
showrooms in High St., Maitland, to
cost £17,000. Archt. is I. W. Pender,
22 Elgin St., Maitland.
Newcastle. Farmers' Graziers'
Co-op. Grain Insurance Agency Co.
Ltd. is to erect a wool store, 57ft. by
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167ft., as an extent, to cxistinfi woo!
storage bldg. in Hanncll St., Wickham,
at an cstmated cost of £10,000.
Newcastle Citv CI. Wks. Committee
also recommended for approval an application
to bid. a two-storey bk. bldg.
on North side of Hunter St. by Boy
Scouts' Assocn. at a cost of £5600:
extens. to Bradford Cotton Mills Ltd.
spinning mills at Kotara, estimated to
cost £5500; extens. to workshop of A.
Goninan Co. Ltd., engrs., Broadmeadow,
at estimated cost of £7500.
Bangalow. C. Glancev, archt., 9-15
Bligh St., Sydney, invites tenders for
erection and completion of presbytery
at Bangalow.
Armidale City CI. invites tenders bv
lu!v 3 for (1) erection of public library
bide, in Faulkner St., and (2)
repairs and renovs. to Armidale Town
Hall. Rusden Street.
Narrabri. Commonwealth Oil Refineries
Ltd., 117 Pitt St., Sydney, will
receive tenders until June 10 for construction
of a bk. service stn. of about
1 3 sqs. at cnr. of Tibberenah, Denniton
and Maitland Sts., Narrabri.
Five Dock. Munic. of Drummoyne
invits tenders by fune 14 for erection
of bk. baby health centre. Five Dock.
Orange City CI. is calling tenders
for the supply of 3950 lin. ft. of l5in.
diameter and 14,425 lin. ft. of 12in.
pipes, both with fittings, for water
reticulation. Tenders close June 9.
Tumbarumba Sh. CI. will receive
tenders up to Tune 11 for construction
of a four-span r.c. slab bridge, 108ft.
long, and approaches on trunk rd. 85,
over Tumbarumba Creek.
Uiiadulla. Shoalhaven Dist. Ambulance
Service, Nowra, invites tenders
by June 30 for erection of an ambulance
station at Uiiadulla.
Queanbeyan Municipal CI. has approved
bldg. application of V. A.
Farroway for erection of bk. dwg.,
costing £5300, on Lot 10, Lowden
Estate, Albert St., for R. Edmonds.
Moss
Vale.
Moore.
Walker
&
Croaker,
archts.,
5 O'Connell
Street,
Sydney, invite tenders for bk. adds, to
memorial
hall
at Moss
vale.
Quantities.
Rosebery.
Messrs.
Stafford,
Moor
Farrington,
70 Elizabeth
St., Sydney,
are archts. for alts, and adds, to
cost
£12,000
to
premises
of
Vesta
Batteries, 58 Mentmore
Avenue,
and
Hayes Road.
Waterloo. £6500 is the cost of adds,
to Royal Art Furniture Co., Phillip
St.. to be carried out by I. Orwin, 66
Telegraph Road, Pymble.
Waterloo. A new bldg., costing
£16,860, is to be erected at premises
of Australian Glass Manufacturers Co.
Pty. Ltd., Dowling St., and is to be
used for the gas plant.
Zetland. A new building, costing
£160,000, is to be erected in Joynton
Avenue, the architect being F. E.
Feledy, 9/11 loynton Ave., Zetland.
Sydney. Messrs. Robertson and
Marks, 117 Pitt St., Sydney, are the
archts. for alts, and adds, to cost
£171,000 to premises of Goldsborough
Mort Ltd.. 1/5 Macquarie Place.
Sydney. Messrs. J. W. Dun Pty.
Ltd.. P.O. Box 19, Beecroft, are the
builders for installation of steel windows
and cement rendering to the
premises of Bonds Ltd., 100 Mallett
St. The cost is £1 1,245.
Botany. Railway goods and shunting
yard is to be built on the northern
side of Botany Bay, near the Bunnerong
powerhouse, by Australian Oil
Refining Ltd. A section of Banksmeadow
Golf Course will be taken
over for the project and in return the
company will reclaim a similar area
nearby and hand over completed and
ready for play. Pipelines are to be

laid under the bay for a distance of
six miles, from the refinery to tlio proposed
rail yard.
Manly. State Govt, has approved a
scheme for extens. of facilities at the
Far West Children's Health Scheme
Home at 25 Wentworth St., Manly
Tenders will be called for work
soon as plans arc completed.
Newcastle. State Dockyard is to
build a new smaller type of ferry foi
ii'-c on Sydney Harbour. The ferry
will carry 300 passengers and a crew
of two. Present ferries take about
600 passengers and have a crcw of
three to five.
Bondi. Fire has destroyed the topstorey
of a block of flats in Campbell
Parade. 15 people arc without homes.
Newcastle City CI. is to be asked
by the Northumberland Council <>l
Progress Assocns. to prepare a ease to
submit to Minister for Transport in a
renewed effort to have a bridge or a
tunnel constructed to link Newcastle
with Stockton.
Villawood.
Construction of a group
of new factories has begun for Ducon
Condenser
Ltd.,
187
Bourke
Street.
Waterloo.
The company now lias exclusive
manufacturing & selling rights
in
Australia
and
New
Zealand
for
Mallory's
radio,
T.V.
and
clectricaJ
products.
Oxley Cty. Electrical Undertaking
has had £10,000 loan approved for
transmission and reticulation exens.
Newcastle City Council has had a
£100,000 loan approved for elect,
system development, plant and buildings.
etc.
Cabramatta. Messrs. G. B.
Antoniollo & Sons, 36 Volgara Road.
Toongabbie, are the contractors for
construction of sub-divisional roads and
associated drainage works at War Service
Homes Estate, Cabramatta. The
cost is £22,957/6/8.
Ryde. Messrs. F. M. Higgins Pty.
Ltd., Cunningham St., Causeway, Canberra,
are the contractors for sup.,
del., install, and maint. of complete
air-conditioning system at Telephone
Exchange at a cost of £6827.
Moore Park. Two new bldgs. arc
to be erected and alts, carried out to
12 existing bldgs. at Training Depot
for A.R.A. Signals at cost of £26,241.
The builders are Vass Morgan, 82
Lansdowne Parade, Oatley.
AUSTRALIAN COMMON-
WEALTH TERRITORY.
Acton. No tenders have been accepted
for works at the Aust. National
University, John Curtin School of
Medical Research, and items will be
re-advertised in an amended form
Tenders have been called for foundations
and service tunnel only to future
main bldg. at Aust. Nat. University.
Archts. are Mussen, Mackay & Potter,
383 Latrobe St., Melbou rne.
VICTORIA.
Geelong. Electric Power Transmission
P/L.', Mary & Campbell Sts..
Sydney, is bldg. two big wheat stores
at Geelong for the Grain Elevator
Board. The stores will each be 1000
ft. long, 300ft. wide and 80ft. high.
They will hold 18,000,000 bushels.
Tenders are to be called soon for more
storage. The Federal Govt, has guaranteed
sufficient storage for the 1954
55 wheat harvest, at a cost of up to
£3,500,000.
South Melbourne. Electronic Industries
Ltd., Grant St., has bought
freehold property where it will erect
a three-storey factory. A bldg. programme
involving more than £500,000
was recently announced bv the com
pany.
Box Hill. R. D. Hannah & Son
Pty. Ltd., 18 Salisbury Cres., North
Fitziroy, is to erect a bk. service stn
in Whitehorse Rd. for the Vacuum Oil
Co., Melbourne. Kio-Ora Industries
Ltd., 201 High St., Prahran, will build
a bk. factory in Middleboro" Road.

Broadmeadows. Codncr Bros..
Blenheim St., Glenrov, are to build
4 residences at Glenrov; Bldii. permit
lor self and sub-contract.
Brunswick. Lewis Construction Co.
Ptv. Ltd.. 140 Queen St., Melbourne,
is to build a bk. and steel warehouse
at 23-25 Albert St., West Brunswick,
for Woolworths Ltd. Alts, and adds,
are to be made to the Melbourne Pottery
Go's factory in Victoria St., West
Brunswick.
Coburg. A. C. Penny. 47 Raincr
St., Pascoe Vale, is to build 5 W.B.
residences in Parkstone Ave., Coburj:.
Dandelion)?. G. M. Alden; 2 True
Ave., Carrum, will erect a bk. store
and shop at Douglas St., Noble Park,
for Permewan Wright Ltd. A bk.
service stn. is to be built at Springvale
Rd., Springvale, for Ampol Petroleum
Ltd., 340 Flinders St.. Melbourne.
Archts. are Alder 6? Lacey,
325 Collins St., Melbourne.
Essendon. Shell Co. of Aust. Ltd.,
163 William St., Melbourne, is to
build a bk. service stn. cnr. Ormond
and Mt. Alexander Roads.
Footscray. Ampol Petroleum Ltd.
is to have service stns. at Somerville
Rd., Yarraville, and at Barkly Street.
Footscray. Contractor for Yarraville
stn. is G. Harris, 7 Jackson St., Maidstone,
and Swan son Bros. P/L., 663
Chapel St., South Yarra, will build
the other.
Footscray. I. Hindley, 24 Charlotte
St., Yarraville, is to build 2 bk.
shops at Somerville Rd., Yarraville,
and a W.B. residence in Kidman St.
Melbourne 6=? Metro. Bd. of Works
is to erect a r.c. seven'storey bldg.
behind the present head office in
Spencer Street. Estimated cost is
<£355,000. Tenders will be called immediately.
Wangaratta. Anglicans hope to
start extens. to the cathedral within
the next two years. Final section will
cost £60,000. First section of the
Marist Bros. £ 1 15,000 college is to be
opened early next year. The college
is being built on a 40-acre site and
will eventually accommodate 250
boarding students.
Heidelberg. A. J. Davis, 28 Foch
St., Preston, is to build a two-storey
B.V. residence in Devon St. and a
B.V. residence and garage in Grieve
St., Heidelberg. J. Perry P/L., 416
Heidelberg Rd., Fairfield, is to erect
bk. and steel adds, to factory at 416
Heidelberg Road.
Carlton. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons
Ltd., publishers, having sold Pitman
House, 540 Little Collins St., Melbourne,
for <£80,000, to Prevost & Co.
P/L., woolbuyers, will erect a new
bJdg. in Bouverie St., Carlton, near
the University. A library room, 50ft.
by 30ft., will be included in the new
bldg. Archts. are Howden fe? McLean,
411 Collins St., Melbourne.
Geelong.
J. C. Taylor & Sons Pty.
Ltd.,
Geelong,
will
construct
sewage
and pumping stn., costing JE6172, for
Geelong
Waterworks
and
Sewerage
Trust.
Williamstown. G. A. Winwood, 7
Newry St., Richmond, is to rebuild
the Empress Theatre at a cost of
£24,641. Archt is D. F. Cowell Ham,
190 Bourke St.. Melbourne.
Preston. Swanson Bros., 663 Chapel
St., South Yarra, will erect a bk.
hotel at Preston at a cost of £72,586.
Archt. is D. F. Cowell Ham.
Anglesea. H. J. Little Associates,
archts.. 239 Collins St., Melbourne, invite
tenders for alts, and adds, to hotel
at Anglesea. Tenderers to register.
East Oakleigh. Tenders close June
21 with P. Spier, archt., 284 Lonsdale
St., Melbourne, for erection of bk.,
f.c. and steel factory of 80,000 sq.
ft. at East Oaklcigh, for Electronic
Industries Ltd.
Foster. A. 6? K. Henderson 6? Associates,
4 Bank PI., Melbourne, invite

tenders for erection of hk. bank and a
B.V. residence, both at Foster.
Edenhope. Buchan, Lai r d 6?
Buclian, archts., Bk. of N.S.W. Bldg.,
(Jcelonu, will receive registrations for
construction of an office and store in
Mt. Ganibier sionc. approx. 3600 sc|.
fecc.
Heidelberg City CI. has re-advertised
for tenders for erection ol memorial
centre at Fairfield. Cilv CI. offiecs are
at Ivan hoe.
Yallourn. State Elect. Commission
is to have a new bucket wheel overburden
dredger erccted at the brown
coal open cut. The dredger was
bought from Stahlbau - Rheinhausen
for £400,000. Production Equipment
P/L.. 1 1 Wellington St., Wi ndsor, will
undertake crection at cost of £87,000.
Kyneton Sewerage Authy. has received
consent to proposed borrowing
of £5000 to meet cost of sewer extent-.
Kyneton Shire CI. has given notice
of intention to borrow £11,000 for
purchase of a motor truck and grader.
Cheltenham.
Exchange Hotel is to
have extensive
alts, and adds, costing
£32,250.
Parkes & Carr, 84
Hampton
St., Hampton, are the contractors.
Archts. are O'Connor & Brophv, 317
Coll ins St.. Melbourne.
Fitzrov. R. Owen & Son, 38 Maitravcrs
Rd., Ivanhoe, arc the bldrs.
of four new classrooms at Mercy Convent,
Nicholson St.. FiUroy. at a cost
of £20,585.
Warragul. Tenders arc invited by
A. S. &? R. A. Eggleston. archts., 3 74
Little Collins St., Melbourne, for erection
of grain store for Permewan
Wright Ltd.
Swan Hill Club is to be rebuilt in
bk. Plans, spec, and quantities from
Leith, Bartlett £s? Partners, 458 St.
Kilda Rd., Melbourne. Tenders close
lune 28.
Parkville. Dept. of Works has called
tenders for erection of a large
garage bldg. in bk. and a.c.
Myrtleford. Heather Bros., Myrtleford,
are to erect five timber houses
for Hsg. Commission of Victoria at
Myrtleford, stage 2, at cost of £11,446.
Millicent. D. M. Mann, Mt. Gambier,
is the contractor for erection of
nurses' qtrs., laundry and boiler block
at Thyne Memorial Hospital, Millicent,
at a cost of £16,081.
Coburg. J. A. Withers & Sons. 58
Eleanor St., Footscray, have been let
£16,913 contract for construction of
Wadh am, Winona and Marsdcn Sts.
and part of CoonarTs Road.
Oakleigh City. CI. has let £10.867
contract for construction of Kinradc
St. and portion of Dallas Avenue to
McDougall & Ireland Pty. Ltd., Morton
Avenue, Carnegie.
QUEENSLAND.
Brisbane. Stock Exchange in Creek
St. is to move to new premises which
were formerly the H.Q. of the Qld
Girl Guides 1 Assocn. Front part if
Stock Exchange bldg. is to be de
molishcd and, when rebuilt, will be
occupied by the General Accident,
Fire and Life Assurance orpn. Ltd..
now at 3 3 Queen Street.
Brisbane City CI. may decide to reconstruct
more than 300 miles of Brisbane
roads, which arc bus routes and
arterial highways.
Bitumen
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of bus routes is no longer considered
to be economic and a committee has
been appointed to investigate the cost
of reconstruction in concrete. The
project is estimated to take 5 years to
complete.
Cardwell Sh. CI. has called tenders
for erection of adds, to Shire Hall at
Tully.
Toowoomba Hospitals Bd. has call'
ed tenders for improvements and adds,
to existing hospital at Oakey. Also
for supply and installation of a cold'
room at the Toowoomba Hospital.
Albert Sh. scheme provides for re
sheeting, making up flanks and bitU'
men surfacing of 4.89 miles of the
Tallebudgera Creek Road at a cost of
£22,067.
Rockhampton City CI. has been
granted a subsidy of £11,000 towards
duplication of gravitation main, stage
10, part 3.
Carpentaria Sh. CI. has been granted
a loan of £7000 and subsidy of
£13,000 towards the cost of the in'
stallation of an elect, scheme at Nor'
manton.
Wondai Sh. CI. has been granted
loan of £7000 and a subsidy of £3500
towards the cost of the Wondai water
supply scheme.
Bundamba State School is to have
adds, made and be remodelled at a
cost of £6006.
Mareeba - Dimbulah Irrigation
Scheme is to spend £12,506 on r.c.
pipes for use on the South Walsh
Irrigation Channel, through which
water will be diverted from Spring'
mount Weir to dry farms in the Dim'
bulah area.
Quilpie Sh. CI. has permission to
raise loans totalling £10,802 for pur'
chase of a heavy grader and a residence
for use by council employee.
Albert Sh. Flood damage in the
shire is reported to amount to £60,000.
Six bridges were washed away. State
Govt, is to be asked for a £25,000
grant towards cost of flood repairs.
Bowen Town CI. has been granted
subsidies totalling £10,410 towards
cost of sewerage scheme and extra
bitumenising of streets.
Cloncurry. £34,082 is being expended
on 47-mile section ef Boulia-
Daj arra Road used by vehicles bringing
cattle to the Dafarra railhead.
Bowen State Coke Works is to have
plant modernised to increase output.
The Govt, is to spend £23,500 on the
project.
Brisbane. The £106,000 raised in
seven years for St. Andrew's Hospital,
the Presbyterian Church's World War
II Memorial, is to be used to build a
first hospital unit of 60 beds. The
bldgs. of Emmanuel College, which
will soon move to the University of
Old. at St. Lucia, are to be used as
nurses" qtrs. and administration blocks.
Toowoomba school expansion is
planned to cost over £100,000. The
Lutheran Concordia college is having
a two-storey bldg. built to house 70
girls at a cost of £25,000. C. of E.
Boys' School has a bldg. for woodwork
planned and addnl. tennis courts.
A £20,000 Catholic school is proposed
for Holy Angels on the Range, and a
new convent is being erected at Hustii?
St., Harristown. Toowoomba Grammar
School's long-range plan provides
for three boarding schools, each to
house 60 boys. A new State High
School is likely to be built, on 25 acres
acquired for the purpose, at Harristown.
Cairns City CI. is authorised to borrow
£12,150 for the surfacing of roads
and new "C" class roads.
Bendemere Sh. CI. is to raise loan
by debentures not exceeding £5065
for street and footpath improvements
at Wallumbilla and Yuleba.

Ayr Sh. is to construct steel and
concrete bridge over Saltwater Creek
on Bowen-Ayr Main Road at a cost
of £13,672.
Chinchilla Sh. has obtained approval
of expenditure of £42,06*5 on scarifying,
reshaping, Class "D" gravel pavement
and bitumen surfacing, Burnett'
Condamine Hwy. No. 21, Chinchilla-
Canaga Creek.
Booringa Sh. is to expend £26,156
on surfacing formation, paving, drainage,
bitumen penetration on Roma-
Mitchell Main Rd. and on land to he
acquired.
Brisbane. S. De'giovanni Sons, 75
Sandgate Rd., Albion, are to build
hotel at Cambridge Pde. and Stratton
Tee., Manly, and also make alts, to
flats at Hamilton Place and Camphel]
St., Bowen Hills.
Wipton. New bank premises are to
be erected by T. F. Woollon fe? Son.
Archts. are Powell, Dods 6? Thorpe,
180 Queen St., Brisbane.
Nambour. King & Hill are the
bldrs. of shops and offices and offices.
Archt. is H. Driver, 293 Queen St.,
Brisbane.
Townsville. Approval has been
given for expenditure of £56,000 on
the development of Garbutt airport.
Laying of a l5in. thick concrete apron
to take heaviest aircraft is one
item included in the project.
Brisbane. Queen's Hotel, Creek St.,
is being demolished. It was built in
1853. Castlemaine Perkins Ltd. is to
build a new 2-storey hotel on the site.
Brisbane. Another historic bldg.,
the Sister Kenny Clinic, at cnr. of
George and Charlotte Sts., is to be
pulled down. A 5-storey bldg. will
be built there for Gordon & Gotch
(Aust.) Ltd., Little Collins St., Melb.
Fitzroy. Main Rds. Dept. invites
tenders by June 15 for construction of
a steel and concrete bridge, 2/37ft.
6in. spans, 22ft. bet. kerbs.; parties,
from dist. engr., Rockhampton.
Miriam Vale. Main Rds. Commission
has let contracts for road construction
to E. A. Knowles, £22,149,
and A. Laszaroni, £20,050.
Barkly Tableland. Two contracts,
for £4733 and £4598, have been given
to C. Steene by Main Rds. Commission
for road construction.
Mundubbera Sh. CI. has Jet contract
for construction of reservoir and pump
house, Mundubbera,at a cost of £7609,
to Constructors (Engineering & 1 Industrial)
Ltd., of Nundah.
Yeppoon. Capricornia Regional
Elect. Bd. has let £6789 contract for
erection of transmission, llkV and
distribution, l.v. lines, and sub-stns. to
Bundaberg Refrigeration 6? Electrical
Pty. Ltd., Bundaberg.
Johnstone. Treasury approval given
for £6667 loan and £3333 subsidy for
water supply improvements in Ingham.
Scheme is estimated to cost £39,000.
South Burnett Hospitals Bd. is to
seek authority for £50,500 loan to
complete extens. to hospitals in its
area. Loan proposals include transfer
of £5000 of a £7500 loan for new
wing of two floors at Kingaroy Hospital;
£5000 for construction of private
ward at Nanango General Hospital;
£5000 for 20-bed children's ward at
Cherbourg Hospital; £15,000 for new
kitchen block at Wondai Hospital;
£20,000 for staff qtrs. and kitchen
block at Cherbourg Hospital; £5500
for staff qtrs. at Nanango Maternity
Hospital.
Laidley Sh. CI. has approval sketch
plans of new council chambers and
public library bldg., which will be
B.V. and is estimated to cost £9000.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Tatiara Dist. CI. is receiving Govt,
grants totalling £100,000 this year for
road works. In the Hundred of
Petherick new roads will cost £17,500.

In the Hundred of Marcallat they will
cost jC11;000.
Clare Dist. CI. has asked for the
construction of a bridge at Farrell's
Flat over the Hills River. Also a
spur road from the Main North Road
to Hilltown, including the bridging
of Bullbeck's Ford, is sought.
Henley 8C Grange. Subsidy on
pound for pound basis has been agreed
by Tourist Bureau for repairs to Henley
swimming pool and reconstruction
of bldgs. adjacent thereto. Subsidy
will amount to £7250 approx., and
council will negotiate a loan for a
similar amount.
Keith Hospital Bld-g. Fund is to re'
ccive increased grant which will now
be £12,400. Committee raised £14,500
in under two years.
Adelaide. Committee of S.A. chari'
tics and theatrical groups has obtained
long'term lease of property on western
side of Victoria Square which it is
planned to convert into a modern
theatre with seats for 1200 on two
floors. The theatre will probably be
named Her Majesty's.
Adelaide.. S.A. Rlys. Commissioner,
Adelaide, will receive tenders by May
27 for the manufacture and delivery
of structural steel for 10'ton gantry
runway for bogie repair section at
Islington Works; also for earthworks
and construction of foundations, pits,
drains and floors for bogie repair sec
tion at Islington Works.
Edwardstown. Premises Dept., The
Bank of Adelaide, 81 King William
St., Adelaide, invites tenders for the
demolition of a bldg. situated at South
Road, Edwardstown.
Parkside. Peak Construction Co.
Ltd., Raglan St., Edwardstown, is to
build scullery and dining rooms, "K"
male ward and adds, to "Kl" and
"K2" male ward at Mental Hospital.
G'epps Cross. Wilckens & Burnside
Ltd., 45 Parade, Norwood, will erect
workshop and office bldg. for Moore
Road Machinery (S.A.) Pty. Ltd.
West Beach. S. Anton, 407 Car'
ringtori St., Adelaide, is to erect three
shops and storerooms at West Beach
Road.
Salisbury. Hospital Bd. has plans
to double the accommodation by add'
ing new wing which will include kit'
chen and operating theatre. Renova'
tions and extens. are estimated to cost
£16,000, half of which will be found
by the Government.
Adelaide. E. A. Keal, archt., Sav'
ings Bk. Bldg., 97 King William St.,
invites tenders by June 2 for erection
of six'storey bldg., to be known as
"Murray House," in Grenfell St., for
Murray River Wholesale Co'op. Ltd.
Alberton
East.
Woods,
Bagot,
Laybourne'Smith
&
Irwin,
architects,
A.M.P.
Bldg.,
Adelaide,
will
receive
tenders until June
1 for bldg. offices
and warehouse at Port Rd.,
Alberton
East, for Bell's Asbestos &
Engineer'
ing Aust. Ltd.
Adelaide. Cost of bringing River
Murray water from Mannum to Adc
laide is now estimated at £8,900,000,
as against original estimate £3,335,000.
Water can now be made available by
next summer.
Wayville. Two ' storey dormitory
block is to be built for Wesley Col'
lece. Tenders are called by G. C.
Brown, archt., 33 Pirie St., Adelaide,
and close on June 9.
Victor Harbour. Lutheran Church
is to erect a hall on a site purchased
from R.S.L. several years ago.

Alberton. R. 6s 1 N. Chenoworth
Ltd., Eden Hills, will build a service
stn. at Alberton for Vacuum Oil Co.
Pty. Ltd.
Keswick. Fricker Bros. Ltd., 388
Carrington St., Adelaide, is to build
extens. to factory bldg. at Keswick.
Woomera. Martin Constructional
Engineers ltd., Adelaide, are the build'
ers for a bldg. costing £20,734 and
two bldgs. to cost £15,188 to be erect'
ed at Woomera.
WESTERN
AUSTRALIA.
Canning Rd. Bd. is to borrow
amounts totalling £27,000 for con'
struction and reconstruction of roads
and bldg.adds. to Board offices, alts,
to offices, Board room and furnishing.
Denmark Rd. Bd. proposes to bor'
row £15,000 to be expended on the
ercction of a hall and offices on the
Civic Centre Lot in the Denmark
Townsite.

Waroona. Henderson Thompson,
archts., 68 St. George's Tee., Perth,
will receive tenders by May 28 for
erection of a bk. school at Waroona.
Plans and spc£. from archt. or the
Presbytery, Waroona.
Willagee Park water supply
extens.
will serve 400 new homes being erected
by Hsg. Commission.
£17,000 has
been earmarked
in the
1954/55
loan
programme.
Collie. A brick drill hall, costing
£21,735, is to be erected at Collie
by P. Mafrici fe? D. Corradetti, 3
Throssell St., Collie.
Guildford. £10,996/5/0 is the cost
of a timber'framed bldg. to be erected
at Meteorological Branch by Sloan
Construction Pty. Ltd., C/o Idris V.
Garland & Co., 63 St. George's Ter'
race, Perth.
Albany. Public Wks. Dept., The
Barracks, Perth, will receive tenders

until June 8 for new premises for
Rural &? Industries Bank of W.A.,
Bluff St., Albany.
Meekatharra School adds, are to be
be built by Geraldton Bldg. Co. P/L„
Ocean St., Geraldton, cost of £6017.
Perth. Installation of lifts at New
Perth Chest Hospital, Hollywood, by
Otis Elevator Co. Pty. Ltd., Dunning
Ave., Waterloo, N.S.W., is to cost
£60,547. Fourth floor air condition'
ing at Royal Perth Hospital by Flower,
Davies & Johnson Ltd., 413 Murray
St., Perth, is to cost £6300.
Perth City CI. has approved bldg.
of 5 bk. residences at Victoria Park
for State Hsg. Commission by A. W.
Verall, Queen's Rd., Mt. Pleasant; also
5 W.B. residences at Victoria Park for
State Hsg. Commission by H. R.
Chatfield & Sons, Gt. Northern Hwy.,
Middle Swan, and 5 W.B. residences

OPPORTUNITIES.
Continued from previous page.
by G.
L. Boll, 60 Tyler
St..
Osborne
Park.
Victoria Park. Snooks Bros., 1'ilth
Ave., Mt. Lawley, will build a bk.
showrooms and workshop lor Moil
MacDonald Motor*, at 1''2 Ci. Fastei n
J I iiilnvay.
Perth. A. Woolhousc fc^ Sons Pty.
Ltd.. Sho; t St., Mt. Hawlhut n, is to
build bk. alts, for National Bank ot
Au.-t at Lot 2, William St., Perth.
Ldv.aids if 1 a\lor, 4 1 l>jn..ck Street,
will ur,dei take alls, to club piCiiuses „t
St Gcoiuc's lee. for G. T. A. C.
W\ (droit Sons P 'L.. Goode St.,
Mci lev Pa: k. is to bi;dd 3 . torey Hats
for 11. 1. G. Nom.-, at Terrace
Drive. Perth.
Cottesloe Municipal Gl. has appioved
bk. residence for |. W. Green
at Lot 5, Grant St., costing £7776.
Gontractor is Missen if Son, Nichol-
>on 1\d., Subiaco.
Nedlands Rd. Bd. has approved
erec ; :on ol block ol 5 .shops at North
St for R. i? R. Weaver at a cost of
Scarborough. State Hsg. Commission
:s to build 6 bk. residences at
Ydi.;!':: nc.ss and Gorbett Srs. Contractors
will be L. Lillcyman 6s? Co.,
McDonald St.. Tuart Hill. S.H.C.
w>ii a.'-o build ten T.F. residences at
Humiiss St., costing ,t.'2 3,423. Contractors
are Ballantme <2? Burdman, 62
Auckland St., North Perth. Three
Y b. residences to be erected for
S.H.C. in 1 i Ujitnss St., at a cost ol
'..'466, will be built by C. L Duke,
[•I Alexander Sr.. Wembley. Two
ic.-idcnces, costing 15059, at Beatrice
St. will be built tor S.H.C. by Donal
BiJg. P/L , 77 Grand Pdc., Inglewood.
Scarborough. Sullivan Lamb, 3 2
Stoneham St . loondanna Heights,
will build 5 residences for S.H.C.,
costing £11.400, m Herbert Street.
Fremantle. Erection of a new high
school is to start next month. Archtl.
divi.-ion ot Pubbc Works Dept. has
been instructed to go ahead with hide.
Mosmon Park. Crippled Children s
Society has started the bide. of a new
30-bcd hospital on a block adjaccnt
to the premises recently occupied by
the society.
Midland
Junction.
Work
is to begin
on
a new high
school during
the
next financial
year.
It is proposed
to
build these high
schools in stages.
A
third
high
school
will
be
erected
at
Mt.
Lawley.
Classrooms
and
ancillaries
will
he
provided
each
financial
year.
Fremantle.
WAY
first
concrete
penetration
road
surface will be along
a
1300ft.
section
of
High
St.,
Fremantle.
Laying
of
the
penetration
concrete
surface
will
cost
£5 500.
It
will
be
6in.
thick
above
present
surface
ot
larrah blocks.
Tramlines
have
first
to
be
torn
up.
Total
cost,
including
concrctc
slab
footpaths,
will
be about
£14,000.
Perth. Tender of appro.x. £42,000
by Altona Engineering Co., Sundercombe
St., Osborne Park, has been
accepted for Education Dept. for the
supply of 24,000 chairs. The chairs

will be supplied over a period of two
vea rs.
Cranbrook Rd. Bd. proposes to borrow
£5000 for the erection of a hall
at the Frankland on Reserve 9464
Morawa Rd. Bd. is to borrow
amounts totalling £10,500 for (1)
erection of house tor employee. 159
Valentine Street; (2) purchase and
installation of 94 h.p. Ruston 2 cyl.
engine and generator in elect, light
sin.: and (3) purchase of track-type
loader and bulldozer.
Bunbury. Hoskins Engineering 6?
Foundry P/L., 494 Murray St-., Perth,
is to manufacture, deliver to site, erect
and test in turbine room at S.E.C's
generating Stn., Bunbury, a 65-ton
elect", overhead travelling crane with
accessories and equipment. Contract
price is .£16,610.
Northampton Rd. Bd. is to borrow
£5 500 for erection and equipment of
a workshop at Hampton Rd., repairs
to tractor and purchase of a tip truck.
£2500 will also be borrowed for the
repair and renovation of Mechanics'
Institute at Hampton Road.
Scarborough. McGann Bros., Scarborough
Beach Rd., Osborne Park,
are to build a bk, residence costing
£5000 at Lot 863/4, Hancock Street.
Gardiner & Mackie, Guthrie St., Osborne
Park, are to erect 5 bk. resi'
dences for S.H.C. at Weaponess 6h?
Millcrest Sts. at a cost of £1 2,725.
Exmouth Gulf. West Aust. Petroleum
P/L., 251 Adelaide Tee., Perth,
proposes to spend about £20,000,000
during the next two tir three years on
the development of the Exmouth Gulf
region, provided that production at
Rough Ranee equals expectations.
Eleven wells are to be sunk before
1955 and several will be drilled for
oil on a commercial basis.
Moora. Maclean 6s? Sons, 580 Hay
St., Subiaco, are to erect a block and

tubular steel frame office and showroom,
at a cost of £6350, for Lloyd
McKennal & Co. (Aust.) Pty, Ltd.
Osborne Park. G. R. Blakely, 132
York Rd., Bedford Park, is to erect
4 T.F. residences, costing £8884, for
State Hsg. Commission at Flinders
and Daly Sts. J. W. deBruyn, Railway
St., Queen's Park, will build 2
T.F. residences for S.H.C. at Swanstun"
St., Osborne Park.
TASMANIA.
Exton. Water, Sewerage & Dramage
Bd. has approved the town council
borrowing up to £11,000 for a
water supply.
North Esk Rowing Club's new club
house has been designed by Launceston
archt. T. V. Tandy. The plans
provide for a boatshed on ground
floor, with floating pontoon on the
liver, and dance floor with amenities
on top floor. It is hoped to start erection
next month.
Oatlands Area School tenders
should be called during the next lew
weeks. The bldg. will comprise six
main rooms and be erected on land
bounded by High and Church Streets.
George Town
Infants'
School
is to
be erected and completed at a cost oi
£12,966
by
A.
E.
Seidel,
of
Mel-
bourne-
Hobart. Services Nurses' Welfare
Assocn., at a meeting at Cavill House,
announced that two cottages are to be
built for retired war nurses. One will
be at Glenview, Hobart, and the other
in Launceston.
St. Helens. Enlargement 65? extens.
of underground telephone cabling is
to commence shortly and will provide
extensive telephone developments between
St. Helens and Parkside. The
expenditure of about £5000 on the
project has been approved.
New Town Park. f. W. Tate, of
Hobart, is to undertake excavation and
roof formation at the Maternity Hospital
at a cost of £8 566.

Ouse. New staff qtrs. at the Bush
Nursing Hospital will be built by h
Shcppard 6s? Son, 6 Pine St., Hobart.
Contract price is £8000.
Oatlands. New fire stn. to be built
in Church St. is to have main engineroom
24ft. by 16ft., meeting room
16ft. by 12ft. and concrete hose wash.
Large timber mil Idestroyed by imast
April is to be rebuilt by Kilndr led
Hardwoods Pty. Ltd., Launceston.
Burnie. New bldgs. in the busine -
section of the town, incldg. a theatre,
church, two garages and shops, aic
to be erected and existing business
premises are to have extensive adds,
and modernising. Total cost is csti-

mated at £150,000. Star Pictures Pty.
Ltd. will build the jC80,000 picture
theatre in Mount St., which will scat
1000. An £8000 scrvice stn. and bus
terminal is to be crected on North
Tcc. The Salvation Army will bid.
a new Citadel in Ladbrooke St. at a
cost of about £10,000.
Launceston. Messrs. W. H. Cox &
Son, 70 Paterson St., Launceston, are
the builders for alts, and adds, to
premises for P.M.G. Dept. at cnr. of
St. lohn and Cimitierc Streets, at a
cost of £19,577.
Bagdad. Tenders close with Public
Wks. Dept. on |une 9 for erection
of a school at Bagdad. •
Brighton. Tenders are invited by
P.W.D. and closc June 9 for erection
of a trades block at Brighton Area
School.
Glenorchy. Hutchison & Walker,
archts., 5 Elizabeth St., Hobart, invite
tenders until May 31 for erection
of a parish hall for the Trustees of
St. Paul's Church.
Dover. Esperance CI. can now proceed
with the alts, to the Dover Town
Hall, as ratepayers have approved the
expenditure of £6300 on adds, to old
hall, include. 2'Storey bk. facade, a
foyer, two dressing rooms, supper
room, meeting room and new cinematograph
box.
Smithton. Transport Commission
will receive tenders until June 18 for
reconstruction of aerodrome at Smith -
ton. Commission is at 47 Argyle St.,

Hobart, where plans, spec., etc., can
be obtained.
Mt. Lyell School of Mines and Industries
council is to call tenders for
proposed new school early in next
financial year. ' Plans and spec, are
being prepared.
Brutiy Island. Motorists should be
able to reach island by next summer.
Vehicular ferry steamer "Mclba" is
being built and is nearly completed.
Berthing facilities at Kettering and
Barnes Bay are being constructed.
Hobart.
Contract for construction
of a nurses' home has been secured by
Hansen & Yuncken P/L., Murray and
Collins St., Hobart.
Contract price is
£237,940.
The nurses' 1
home is part
of a maternity hospital
project estimated
to cost £1,300,000.
Archts. are
Philp, Lighton, Floyd
Associates, 49
Montpelier Road, Hobart.
NORTHERN
TERRITORY.
Alice Springs.
Messrs. Goodluck,
Garutti & Pizzinato, of Alice Springs,
are
the
builders
for
the
assembly,
erection and completion of 8 Riley-
Ncwsum prefab, timber houses to cost
£15,108.
NEW GUINEA.
Garaina. 60 tons of parts for an
experimental tea factory have arrived
at Lae. The factory is to be built at
Garaina and will allow the Dept. of
Agriculture's tea farm to treat 1000
lb. of tea a day. The farm is experimenting
to decide whether tea-growing
is possible in the Territory.

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