Building Activity In Suva.
pp. 61-62 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correspondent.
Suva, Mar. 3.
SUVA has been a hive of activity lately, so far as building is con cerned. A return recently laid before the Suva Town Board disclosed interest ing figures, showing that for the period from August 19, 1937 to January 27, 1938, permits of a total value of £53,586 had been issued.
The principal works were Marlows, Ltd., store and offices, £21,000; Brown and Joske, Ltd., bulk store, £3,000; Roman Catholic Cathedral towers, £3,500; Noerr Brothers, theatre, £5,000; Regan, shop and tenements, £3,000; Suva Motors, Ltd., garage, £4,000. The rest of the amount was made up of minor jobs, each below a value of £3,000.
Mr. W. E. Goodsir, manager of the Fiji Kauri Timber Co., arrived in Melbourne by the “Mariposa” at the end of February. He was accompanied by Mrs. Goodsir.
Mr. H. H. Vaskess, 0.8. E., Secretary to the Western Pacific High Commission, left Suva, Fiji, by the February “Niagara” on leave.
Mr. H. Moorhouse, who has been representative of the Queensland In surance Co., in Suva for some time, reached Sydney from Fiji on transfer by the February “Mariposa”.
Dr. T. Clunie, Medical Superintendent of the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, returned to Fiji after leave by the “Tainui” from Europe on February 26.