BURROUGHS' ADDING MACHINE AND BRAIN'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 296, 14 December 1922, Page 8

BURROUGHS' ADDING MACHINE AND BRAIN'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE.

The first Burroughs Adding Machine imported into New Zealand by Messrs Inglis, of Dunedin, is still in use. Some 13 years ago a representative of this firm saw the Burroughs machine at work in London, purchased one, and dispatched it to Dunedin. The New Zealand Government Railways installed a machine in 1907 This machine, in spite of hard, continuous use, is still giving the Department good service and every satisfaction. The first Burroughs Office in New Zealand was opened in June. 1910, wnen a sales office and mechanical department were established in Wellington. To-day there are five sales offices, with system departments and mechanical service depots; also regular country district mechanical service. Every Burroughs machine is cleaned, oiled, and inspected at short intervals by expert Bur. roughs Service men. In June, 1910, the Bank of New Zealand put two machines into commission at their Auckland branch, in July a third machine was supplied. To-day there are some hundreds used by this institution alone. In Auckland, "Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin all the leading business houses use one or more of these machines. IDEAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT. The Burroughs machines are manufactured by a huge company having a capital of £6,000,000, with factories at Nottingham (England), Windsor. Canada, and Detroit (U.S.A.). The policy of the company is direct representation, a Burroughs man must be a Burroughs man, and must carry a certificate of proficiency in machines and system service. There are five classes of Burroughs machines manufactured, covering 32 models. Variations in machines are made to suit every class of business. One of the most wonderful —wonderful on account of its simplicity —-is the Burroughs Ledger-posting and' Statement Machine. Many of these machines are

in use in Auckland and throughout the country. The 300 Class Burroughs, made especially to suit the small and medium retail trade in New Zealand, is another example of the progressiveness of the • Burroughs Company. Realising that the : smaller man needed the figure facta of his business even more than the larger business man, the company devisd this machine and Burroughs Simplified Business Control. Burroughs' Adding, Ledger-posting, and Calculating Machines can be used by any office man, boy, or girl. Notwithstanding this 'fact, Burroughs' and ' Brain's Commercial College, Auckland and Hamilton, are associated for the purpose of training operators and assuring users of constant service. Realising that office efficiency was essential —not only adding machine knowledge—Brain's College specialised in Touch-typing, Pitman's Shorthand, Burroughs" and Burroughs Systems of Figure Facts Control. EFFICIENCY PROVED BY TRIAL. Most office appliance people sell then machines and leave it to the purchaser to prove them good or otherwise. Burroughs have always advocated and adopted the trial system. Anyone iv business can try a Burroughs machine for thirty days free of any liability to I purchase; no forms are signed or promises asked. During this trial period the Burroughs System Service Depart--1 ment renders assistance. If the firm decided at the end of the period that the I machine did not suit their business it would be removed without argument, or, if desired, another model tried. Frequently three or four models are tested in this way before a purchase is madeAfter the machine is installed Burroughs Service continues. The Burroughs people believe, and they have some reasons for so doing, as , they hold over 000 signed testimonials, , that there is not a dissatisfied user in New Zealand. If there is. and should he read this article, they would esteem it a favour if he would at once communicate with them ißox 87, Auckland), as they are confident they can satisfy him. They also invite anyone interested either from a business point of view or curiosity to call at their showrooms, and they will have much pleasure in demonstrating , the machines, which are fairly proving a [ great labour-saving facility 'in commer- ; cial spheres in all parts of the world. , They should command the attention of . all up-to-date business men and firms throughout this progressive Dominion. ! , YOUR TEETH. THE KINNiEAiR CAKE. [ AND WHY. 1 ' : You can generally judge a horse's age [ by its teeth, but that would be an imI possible task as applied to human beings tin these days of vicious eating. In fact, ;, modern diet and living rather tend to • spoil teeth, which therefore require , greater care and attention. The wise i person will choose a dentist of experil enee in which respect it would be : peculiar if the dentistry service of Mr. ; J. H. Kinnear, of Auckland, were overp looked. This long-established business - for years has been popularly and dist tinctively referred to in teeth matters 1 as "The Kinnear way," and for a very 1 good reason. j CONSIDERATE DENTISTRY. In the first place, Mr. Kinnear takes i a genuine interest in the dental requirei ments of each patient. With him it is s not a mere formal transaction and the v sootier over the better. He takes into i intelligent consideration that each perf son has feeling or emotions, and that a f modicum of patience and interest, comf bined with a high degree of skill in t dealing with the teeth, is necessary for t work that is to be successful. In other s words, he seeks to put the afflicted at s ease, and makes teeth extraction at b least an endurable necessity—for tlie t patient. In the practice of "his profesI sion. therefore, Mr. Kinnear has a r manly reputation, each patient's conti- - dence being "contributory to his good i work. This, en rapport consideration is t a big phase in the painless extraction \r method for which Mr. Kinnear is . famous, and it also plays no insiunilis cant part in the fitting of sets of arti--5 ficial teeth which should be as near a." a possible to the natural and enable easy c and effective mastication. And then, s again, false teeth—so terribly mns named—should conform to the shape ol ■1 the mouth, and when exposed should ? not look really artificial. These are 3 important points in the opinion of the n dentist m question, who always aims to n make the teeth give inwardly and out1. v.-ardly a natural expression. Hence t when you see a person with Kinnear - teeth that individual generally wear". t amongst other things. a healthy, coni tented smile. After all. jt is just "Thr i. [ Kinnear Way.*' "j, "f s good.