INDUSTRIES WEEK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 148, 21 June 1912, Page 6

INDUSTRIES WEEK.

MORE AUCKLAND EXHIBITS. THE "LIOX" BOOT MAIXUFAOTORY'S DISPLAY. In the windows of Messrs. S. Stone and Co., the well-known footwear providers, in Queen Street, there w an attractive exhibit of a few of the leading lines made by the (Lion Manufactory, one of Auckland's important industries. These goods are made entirely in the firm's factory from New Zealand leathers, excepting glace kid, which has to be imported. Gentlemen's lightwelted boots, fair-stitched, and ordinary pumps are also in evidence in the exhibit. These are sewn by latest and most improved English machines. An interesting part of the display is that showing the welted boot in different stages of manufacture. It is perhaps as well to explain that "welted" is the technical name for the oldfashioned , hand-sewn boot, which has really never been superseded, and is now being made just as well by machinery, so remarkably has ie been perfected. Tbc ordinary BAke-sewn boot, still commonly in use, is still a good method of attaching the sole to the upper. Another fastening is that used in the riveted boot, and the peggud 'boot has proved its suitability lor lifavy work in the country. But for the farmer and the sportsman, and for real hard use the Standard screwed 'boot is ahead of all others in the matter of sole attachment. In this boot the sole is fastened with a brass s-crewed , wire, twisted or gcjrewcd in s~ it is forced through the raiddlo e.ni insole, and then cut off close, inside, leaving no projection whatever. With this system of fastening, the ?ole and upper tnn never come apart. The celebrated Helvetia boot is s.hown prisrjpally in Standard screwed wurk, and the les-ther, a «ort of yellowish brown in colour, is the best wearing sort that has been diseovere>i up to the present. It is specially tinned, and really is waterproof. This is the weather to try the maker's contention in this respect, and anyone who oscoircs the owner of a pair is* sure to patronise the Lion make again. This reliable factory turns out all classes of work, atd, in addition to the above, put out men's finest glace Bals, tan and black, willow calf, chrome calf, moor calf, in light goods, mostly welts, and Zug leather (waterproof), imported , from Dundee. The usual lines of chrome kip, E.I. kip, col tip, and splits are still made by the firm, and all their work is guaranteed. Ladies' boots and shoes axe shown in tho exhibit in suedes, glace kids, tans, and colours, and also in cloths—a material which is in fashion again. The Lion factory makes a feature of girls' and boys' boots on the latest broadtoed impojted lasts- Made with low broad heels, these boots are in great demand, and have completely superseded the imported article by reason of their style, fit, and finish. Every retailer with an eye for a brand that is synonymous with reliability and faithful workmanship, stocks the Lion make, and the man who once wears a pair makes a point of doing so always. The latest improvement to the firm's plant, which is constantly growing to cope with the ever-increasing trader—a flattering testimony to the use of genuine leather and honest workmanship—is the installation of electric jjewer throughout -the 'factory in Wakefield Street.