Building Boom Now In
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W. Samoa
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Aug. 12.
AS a result of the present trade boom in Western Samoa, and prospects of expansion and continuing high prices for cocoa and copra, a great deal of build ing is going on, or is contemplated, in Apia. This should improve the appear ance of the town.
The large, new premises of Morris Hed strom Ltd., are rapidly taking shape op posite the Apia Customs House. Build ing is under the supervision of Mr. J.
Gaffney.
Sir James Fletcher, head of the Fletcher Construction Company of New Zealand, recently paid the Territory another visit to complete the registration of a new Samoan subsidiary which will undertake work here. The new company has ac quired several sites in and near Apia where houses for employees will be erected, and it is also intended to build a joinery and a brick works. The timber resources of Savaii will be utilised for furniture which will be exported to New Zealand.