WANGANUI SASH AND DOOR FACTORY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 13

WANGANUI SASH AND DOOR FACTORY.

.'■ This ■eompjuy's'-inii!bßinß"'WDrlts-Bre:amoncstr the. largest ;of .their ;land in,' Nβ v, . Zealand,',: the,, yards, and factory;. timber, •...slteds,:, and.;; other buildmgs.'coYeringyan ttrea/of.ttbout .ten.acres.' ;Ifivisitors' to/■Wanjaitui'-lfotin firstfini-v >Tvhatith6y' S6e:frqni: the'^ndow-of-a' : railway'cartiage.'ihey' could! no.t. fnil y tovb6imost favburably;impressed".by the• glimpse;'gained-in .the-lost : 'turn< of-Khe journey ; of ifhat is ; oae -of our''most important industries. 1 '|The Waiiganui', Sash": ■and -Door Pactoiy/is aisplendidiadvertisoment for ■Wanp,:nui. ■.^p:}eee';tttresVq^ra(^tdj^ , cpTerei.v;-Wt|i: :Jbb rpiacKinory^is'to': • gain a"good■ index tp-the prosperity.fof.-.the-

,town;:fpr:it jpority in the'building'; tfado runs/sideby 6ide. iwith .the'.prosperity.of.;the • community.-, •■lloro-ioYer,'-;it;ia'hot>to6.'much]tp say .that''forvsize,' jappointments, '■' ■.: and ,", ■ up-to-date : :■ machihory, '■ !the; Wangan.ui;'Sash\ and .Door. Factory.:is',,- not ;o£cblled'''m rail ..the , length/and breadth:.of,' the j Dominion;'v Of i course,. it does not '- follow that .•Wanganui' niiiet" therefore be : the. largest town iiii. New, , Zealand,., but; itleads';, to' the fact /that' : ; this;enterprise,■ can 'arid 'ddes'' carry on' ;a ;business on such a scalo that.it supplies: not ipnly./Wanpajini, but also the. surrounding ■■'trict and'ae'ighbouring provinces in both-islands sashes, .'■ doors, /mantelpieces, iturncry, casks;' butter-boxes,':and in fact: ever;

;comm6aity. jtht't'<can >'bo • manufactured ; from' :wood.-:A visit ;to;..this-.up-to-date factory vuuld ibe a great eye-opener to most,people, .tor cptni jp.aratively;. few-. are ■ -aware . t>( : the extent" and' ivariety;of -the 'work performed/there'/ ■ Ah,in!terview; withi..the general'.manager. , ■ Mr.-' -F. l 11.iJSpurdle, elicited the fact;that:he had-recently .returned, fromi'a, trip .' to';the; Old/,Country. .ICfyilingf'back':.through j America," he'.'say much :that .Vas of special interest.to onoiio.intimately;connected with the; timber indUstry.-^EYery.'op-portunity was takenof acquirinK.daW'regarding .the American timber, milts': , arid;ijoincty..WorksJ I and' this ; information «Mr.-'-. Spurdlefiexjiects' : 'td -..utilise for ;tho good/'of, the''bnsinissi"with?whidh' !he : has :.: ■;.•' i-; 1 -