G. METHVEN & CO., LTD., DUNEDIW, N.Z.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2579, 29 September 1915, Page 16

G. METHVEN & CO., LTD., DUNEDIW, N.Z.

ENGINEERS, COPPERSMITHS, IKON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, ELECTROPLATERS. The prominent position attained:* by Messrs. G. Methven and Co., Ltd., of Dunedin, within the last few years is u tribute not only to. the enterprise of the firm, but to the excellence and suitability for household ; uso of the articles produced by them. The firm saw that there was an opening for certain household lines in New iiealand, . and steps woro taken to manufacture these articles,-.care being taken to produco goods of quality that would do the firm credit, and could not be excelled or equalled by anything imported. . I'oremost amongst their lines, and\ one which has made the firm's narao known throughout New Zealand, is the famous Methven washing .frame./-The.bid shoetiron boiler was seen to Quickly wear out, ami the _built-in boiler was-both expensive to instal and inconvenient to use. Methven's boiler frame, however, ha 6 none of these disadvantages. Having a cast-iron ■frame/-, it is practically everlasting; while! it. is also portable, easy to work with, and easy to heat. The tremendous sales' 1 aohicved by- these boiler frames is the best evidence of their popularity and, suitability. Other lilies which the firm has specialised in, and :which lias created a new standard iu '-the -Dominion, aro seamless copper boilers and'seamless* copper hotwater circulators. Seamed-. boilers' and circulators had the great disadvantage of weakness; but Methven -washing coppers and. Methven circulators, . having, no seams, are stronger and safer.. To manufacture' these lines the firm installed'a modern copper drawing plant, which took 15 months to build, and which, is the'largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Tho housewife procuring tho Methven seamless copper need not fear that her clothes will-be stained or frayed; while, if she has a Methven seamless circulator, it will give her cleaner, hotter water. The firm also manufactures the Methven silent lv.e. flusher, which bids fair to supplant the old chain-stylo cistern. In contrast to the cistern, which rumbles and 'hisses, the Methven fliislier is silent after nse, A. knob is pressed and released, there is a strong, subdued (lush, and after that—silence. When tho,w.c. is installed in the house, « Methven ■ (lusher is particularly a boon. , Taps and ' valves am also a line specialised in by the firm, one of the manufactures being tho patent Eclipso | tap, a- l'eaturo of which is tluvt- it can be opened up 'at. nny time, the operation of taking off the coyer automatically shutting off the water. The above are a few of the firm's outstanding manufactures, but. Messrs. Methven and Co., as their tide implies, are engaged in making a- score of other lines, which, because of their merit, find a ready snip. Steam Mid water fit-tings, marine, brewery, and domestic copper ware, milk-coolers, fire brigade fittiu-<rs i"ndo to the design of Inspector T. T. Hugo, and adopted by the N.Z. Government. the Hunter-Weston rabbit exterminator. The firm also engages to do el»rtroplatfii£ of all descriptions. Messrs. Methven's are purely and ' simply a New Zealnnd concern," but it is upon the merit of. their goods-that thev deserve support. The purchaser of a Methven specialty jets an articlo that i* ;i. i'bul MtyeiilenES, ssseljtfitlx bullti J&4