EXTENSIVE FACTORIES

Evening Star, Issue 21720, 15 May 1934, Page 7 (Supplement)

EXTENSIVE FACTORIES

G. METHVEN AND CO. LTD, Away hack in. ISS6 the well-known linn of G, Methven ard Co. Ltd., brassfounders and coppersinitlis, was established in a sraall shed at Cavershaiu. _Tlu» progress of the business has been such tliat the firm now 1 has extensile, factories, which cover an area of over three acres on the. Anderson's Bay roal, Dunedin, and 1 the works are looked upon as the largest and, most up-to-date of their kind in Australia or New Zealand, undoubtedly comprising one of the most important secondary industries in this country. Methvcns have definitely shown that local enterprise, allied with the New Zealand artisan and'mechanic, is capable of producing goods equal to the world's best. The slogan 11 Methvenise ” is now known throughout the whole of New Zealand, and there arc very few homes which have not a boiler frainc, tap, copper boiler, or some other household convenience manufactured by Methvens Ltd. At the British Umpire Exhibition in 1921 a special display of Methvens Ltd. was inehubd in the Now Zealand exhibit. andVas awarded a certificate ol honour. Decently Mothveiis have been specialising on the new chromium plating ot taps, cocks, and similar fittings. A lew o : the other Methven .specialties which .have enjoyed great popularity in Nov Zealand homos arc the Methven smmless copper (made from a single sheet of copper). Methven boiler frame, Methven domestic boiler, Methvon coppir circulator, Methven gas copper, Methven w.c. flnshers (noiseless and automatic), Methven bathroom fixtures, Methven streamline taps, lindustri?* such as this, being largo employers of labour, are big factors in making hr the country's progress and prosperity,