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Building Delayed
Brisbane, May 3.- Commercial building programmes totalling more than £5,000,000 are being delayed in Queensland because of building controls and shortages.
An estimated total of £3,000,000 would be spent in Brisbane on substantial commercial buildings by 10 large firms or institutions if building controls are relaxed.
Building experts said to-day that this would constitute the biggest building boom in Brisbane’s history.
One organisation – the Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd. – is likely to bring steel and cement with teams of skilled workmen from overseas if it cannot use local labour and materials.
It plans to build an 11-storey building in North Quay-Queen-street corner.
Description source:
Mayborough Chronicle, 4 May 1951
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Digital Image ID 14063