LUTJOHANN AND COMPANY

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14660, 8 May 1913, Page 8

LUTJOHANN AND COMPANY

In recent years the. game of billiards ha. Rained much in popularity, and the billiard table is becoming a feature in many homes, a-s well as affording amusement for large numbers of people through tho channel of public sj.loons. This being so, it w but natural that firms dealing in billiard tables have found their businesses expanding ot late, and the ■well-known firm of Lutjohann and Co. is now catering for the requirements of all parts of New Zealand. From the Christchurch factory orders are filled for all parts of New Zealand, and recent contracts have included an equipment of ten tables for a Dunedln saloon, three tables tor Greynwuth, two for Wnipuknrau. a number lor Auckland and one for Central Otago. Tho workmanship of this firm is of a uarticularly high standard. The tables are finished in Tasmanian blackwood, as New Zealand timbers ore not found suitable to be put to this use. To instal a table in a private house difficulty is sometimes met with owing to the sizo of the room, as five feet cue-room is required, but Lutjonann and Co. will supply tables of any dimensions, from the full-sized table down to any sizo that might bo required. The firm have installed the latest machinery for manufacturing the slabs of slate required for a table, and all the agencies that are employed for turning out a table are of the latest style. This firm also manufactures the combined billiard and dining-table, and in this article a new invention has been introduced for raising tho surface, of the dining-tablo to tho height required for billiards. A couple of turns on a handle bring the bed up to tho right height, and the simple mechanism locks the top automatically solid and frigid, without play in any direction. .The firm has gained for its tables the highest awards—gold and silver medals—at exhibitions. The firm's factory is in Victoria street, near the Salvation Army Barracks.