NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES WEEK.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 14981, 29 April 1909, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES WEEK.

SCHOOL CHILDREN INTERESTED. Although " Industries Week" is hardly yet in . full swing, there are at present over seventy firms in the central part of the city making exhibitions of New Zealand-made goods. When it is remembered that one of these firms has twenty windows, another seventeen, and several five or six, it is apparent that the display is on the whole a very creditable one. The trades represented in the, displays are varied and numerous, the exhibits including soft " goods, leather goods, brushware, tweeds, flannels, clothing of all descriptions, stationery, bicycles, boots, furniture, tinware, patent medicines, umbrellas, kitchen paint, biscuits, tinned meat, tinned fruit and confectionery. The good effect of the Industrial Association's prizo essay competition are to be seen in the parties of school childron that are visiting the various shops and factories, and energetically taking notes of everything they see. Another good result of "Industries Week" has been to set all classes of people thinking and talking about locally-made articles, and has given them a tendency to take somo pride in the products of their own country. A business man remarked to a reporter yesterday . that Germany could be prevented from further expanding her naval armament if tho people of the Empire stopped purchasing goods " made in Germany.'.' Tho committee of the Canterbury Industrial Association will make an official visit of inspection to the shops where_ local articles are shown to-morrow, at 5 p.m. LIST OF FIRMS EXHIBITING. High Street. Brain and Co., confectionery. Petersen and Co., jewellery. Simpson and Williams, stationery. T. H. Papps, tinned meats, etc. Lawrence and Kircher, ifurniture. [Bell Bros., cycles and accessories. Graham, Wilson and Smellie, soft goods. Oderhig and Candy, underclothing. R. H. Turner and Co., boots.' W. Nicholls, paints. A. J. White, furniture, tin ware/ leather goods; etc. Strange and Co., general furniture, drapery, etc. Bonningtqn and Co., medicines. . Ashby, Bergh and Co., leather goods, brushes, etc. Hulbert's, men's clothing, umbrellas, etc. S. N. Robinson, men s clothing, etc. New Zealand Clothing Factory, men's clothing, etc. W. It. Cooke and Son, dentistry. Cashel Street. Aitken and Roberts, leather goods. Hastie, Bull and Pickering, Technical College and brushware. Whitcombo and Tombs, stationery, books, etc. Ballantyne and .Co., general drapery, etc. ..',.'■ ' . M. Sandstein, jewellery. J. A. Cooke, chemist. Beath and Co., general drapery, etc. D.1.C., general drapery and furniture. Wardell Bros., confectionery, bacon, etc. • .',''! Farmers' Co-op., confectionery, drapery, etc. Lichfield Street. Friendly Societies' Dispensary, medicines. Ridley and Son, confectionery, biscuits, etc. Manchester Street. C. Paunell, clothing. H. Pannell. boots. Hj Atkinson, furniture. O. Frisk. Trisgs and Denton, leather bage, etc. Scott Bros., rane.es, iron goods, etc. Weston's, tailors. i Kaiapoi Woollen Company, woollen goods. | AV. H. Price and Son,' iron goods. j Jewell and Logan, furniture. Armagh Street. Yere and Sons, umbrellas. Colombo Street. Armstrong and Co., soft goods. F. A. Cook, canned fruit, etc. G. T. White, jewellery. Carey's, drapery, etc. L. Reid. confectionery. E. H. Hewish, drapery, tailor-made goods, etc. F. Smith, boots. Mrs Palmer, ladies' clothing. J. N. Du Feu, boots. T. P. Spratt, woodwork. Barnett and Co., chemist's goods. Brice and Son, hair restorer, oto. TJrquhart and Falck, jewellery. I Archer and Halliburton. : T. Kincaid, confectionerv. I A. W. Buxton. [ M'Corniick and Pugli, photo frames.

A. M. Loasby, patent medicines, etc. Ballantyne and Co., general drapery, etc. Congreve and Son. Edward Recce and Son, leather goods, etc. Christchurch Brick Company, Ltd. A. E. Taylor and Co., leather goods, etc. The " New Zealand Poultry Journal" Company's Office, poultry accessories. Marriner Bros, and Co. Von Sierakowski, wirework, etc. J. Strassmeyer. Clark and Proctor, metal goods. K. Matheson, drapery, etc. H. W. Reynolds, ooots. J. Berry, medicines, etc. W. A. Tribe and Co., drapery, etc. W. M'Clea, drapery, etc. John Murray. * ■ , E.. Wheeler and Son (Square), nhciographs. Victoria Street. Economic Egg Carrier Company. (Published by Arrangement.) J. BALLANTYNE AND CO.'S DISPLAY. Messrs J. Ballantyne and Co. have taken an especial interest in the " Industries Week" movement, as it has been the aim of the firm during the past six or seven years to educate New Zealand manufacturers to produce j goods which would suit the public taste. During the past year or two the big woollen manufacturing firms of the dominion have made special efforts, to supply the requirements of Messrs J. Ballantyne and -Co., and the result' is that to-day the big drapery firm is able to fill its long array of • windows with New Zealand-made materials, and articles which in quality and strict conformance with fashion aT© indistinguishable from the very best imported wares. It is especially noteworthy that to do this the firm has not had to draw upon any outside sources for its supplies, every item of merchandise displayed being taken direct out of ordinary stock. The firm's " Industries Week" window display occupies seven large windows on the Cashel Street frontage, and two on Colombo Street. It includes dress materials in the most modish shades, and in the smartest and most artistic, varieties of stripes and checks. One fabric, in dark browns and blues, with a light stripe, attracts especial attention by its effectiveness, and in the whole range of dress materials and tweeds there is nothing that falls short of the requirements of the most fastidious taste. A very fine selection of tailor-made ladies' costumes is shown, all made with New Zealand tweeds, dress materials or flannels, and there are stylish-looking cloth ' motor-hats which are quite equal to any English productions •of the kind. The array, of flannels, both plain, and for dress material, is an imposing one, and while the quality is assured, the appearance of these fabrics is pleasing and effective. A novelty is shown, in the form of hygienic bed sheets, made of fine flannel, and one window is wholly devoted to what is probably the largest show of blankets ever'made by one firm in the dominion. The Roslyn,' Timaru, Kaiapoi and Mosgiei mills are represented, and the fame of the finest lines of blankets is said to have exfar as the Continent. Some interesting window displays are devoted to men's wearing apparel, everything from a warm and emai-tly-cut overcoat to a pair of socks being shown. Tho New Zealand tweeds look especially well made up into suits for men and boys, and the display is creditable both to the manufacturers of the material and. to Ballantyne and Co., in whose work-rooms the clothing was made. A very fine line of under- . woar in mixed silk and wool is a feature of this portion of the oxhibit. On the occasion of the visit to the establishment made by Sir Joseph Ward and his- party on Tuesday, pleasure was expressed at the beautiful finish of the fabrics, and the Prime Minister was much surprised when he learned that the whole of the display was taken out of the firm's ordinary stock. The completeness of the exhibit, which even includes New Zealand-made umbrellas, was also the subject of favourable comment. The exhibit demonstrates the great strides made by New Zealand manufacturers during the past two or three years, leads one to hop© that the time is not far distant when they will be able to \compete with foreign producers in tho manufacture of even the finest fabrics used in the clothing trade. 3 .

ROSS AND GLENDINING, LIMITED. £50,000 worth of the finest Canter- | bury wool in one season! This sum conveys some idea of tho magnitude of the operations carried on by the Roslyn mills and factories (in which over a thousand hands are employed) and speaks volumes for New Zealand enterprise. Of late years the demand for Roslyn material has increased at such a rate that in spite of costly and extensive additions to the mills and factories (probably the most up-to-date in New Zealand) the demand is still about three times greater than the availablo supply. This is the solo reason why Messrs Ross and Glendining find themselves unable to have a " New Zealand Industries" exhibit of Roslyn manufactures this year, hut while the orders are three times in excess of what can be fulfilled, the quality of the goods is established beyond doubt, and it seems superfluous to sing their praises. The Roslyn Mills have eight of the largest warehouses in the dominion to keep stocked with merchandise, and are therefore kept very busily occupied all the year round. The firm has long taken especial pride in the texture *of the goods it turns out, and it supplies every imaginable article of clothing, with the exception of foot-wear, in qualities which the manufacturers of the whole world cannot surpass. _ This statement can be verified by an inspection of the colossal stock of Roslyn products at tho Christchurch warehouse of the firm. ' On the first floor is to be found clothing of all descriptions, including worsted and tweed suitings, serges, cricketing serges and flannels and fancy vestings, together with a fine array of ready-made clothing, of which nothing more need be said in its praise, than that it bears.the Roslyn brand, and does not disgrace it. On the second floor there are stocks of hosiery and underwear of superfine quality and a vast assortment of worsteds and tweeds for ladies' wear, serges in navy blue, brown, green and black, and a variety of tweed motor caps and felt hats. There are also a number of tastefully got-up straw and sailor hats, sufficiently diversified to meet tho most fastidious tastes. On the third floor are tier upon tier of miscellaneous goods, including amongst a multitude of other things, ladies' golf blazers in various colours, hosiery of all descriptions, football jerseys specially manufactured in divers colours, and flannels in various shades and degrees of fineness. There is also a comprehensive display of men's hard and soft felt and straw hats, manufactured in the latest and most pleasing styles, and of excellent quality. The exhibition as a whole should inspire patriotic pride in the breast of any New Zealander,_ no matter what Ids previous predilections for imported articles may have been. THE ATMS CONFECTIONERY COMPANY. One of the most effective, of the displays »a4e by tho local factories is

that of the Atlas Confectionery Company. In Ridley's windows thero is a ■ollection of biscuits and .sweets that makes the mouths of small boys and their elders water. B'or four years the company has been engaged .in the work of making sweets, and the biscuit industry has been undertaken for only eighteen months. The company has made no fa&ie step in undertaking this branch of J|'e trade, however, and it Ends that its machinery is taxed to the utmost, and* the supply is sold to firms all over the dominion, from Auckland to the Bluff. In fact, it is found difficult to keep up the supply to the centres concerned, and the plant is working at the utmost pressure. The firm is oven at thisi early stage of the new departure considering the advisableness of increasing the plant, so greatly has the work grown. A specialty is made, also of the new centres for chocolate, which are carefully prepared from a special recipe, and the work is all done under special hygienic conditions. The centres of ginger, date, prune, fig and other fruits are as nice as it is possible to make them, and they tast-e fresh and wholesome. The quality of the biscuits is remarkably good, and, though there are innumerable varieties, it is still found hard to keep up with the evei; -increasing demand. A stroll through the factory shows plainly how well the work is done. Each department is carefully supervised, and the smiling faces of the workers and the marked cleanliness of the whole factory testify to the care that is taken to ensure the best possible produce from the materials. The biscuit department is an object losson, and all round there are young women busily packing the crisp a,ud seductive-looking comestibles in the 'tins ready for shipping. The sweets department would make the small boy green with envy, and there are the special processes for cleaning and preparing the lollies which lie on snowwhite paper in huge piles ready to be put' . into their boxes. As an illustration of the modern sanity and up-to-date methods of manufacture of the sweets that the New Zealander loves the Atlas Factory is a striking object-lesson.

A. J. WHITE, LIMITED. A. J. White, Limited, are well to the front with their Exhibits for the Industrial Week and are showing some very fine examples of New Zealand workmanship. AVe notice among other things too numerous to mention, a very handsome Gentleman's Chest. There is ' in this unique piece of furniture, in addition to the ordinary drawers, a quantity of shirt slides, collar and tie boxes. The top part contains that very necessary adjunct to the masculine dressing-room, viz., a combined trouser-stretcher and pressor, in which any reasonable, quantity of the above useful garments may be kept ready for immediate wear. A. J. White's have always been celebrated for Luxurious Upholstery, and the Verv Easy Chairs. Divans and Settees exhibited prove that they have been as much as ever studying the comfort of their numerous clients. The Bedroom Furniture is also undoubtedly some of the finest specimens ever made in the dominion, and prove New Zealand may dread naught in the way of foreign competition in regard to the manufacture of Tasteful and Distinctive Furniture. This firm is also showing the latest thing in Sanitary Bedrests, which we feel sure wOl fill a long-felt want for a light, strong and at the same time hygienic rest, in the place of the cumbersome article we usually see in the sick room. '■ , . ' \ .'. , Well Fires, Mantelpieces and Overmantels of colonial manufacture are also represented, and the growing demand for these will in time add another undoubtedly large industry .to those already well established in the dominion. Our attention was drawn to a very handsome English Oak Sideooard, made specially for a customer. : ; . It may be described in the following words:—Beautiful wood, elegant design and unsurpassable workmanship.

SUCKLING BEOS. ' . 'During the present Industries Week display the various local manufactures will be brought prominently under the public notice. In connection with this, displays are made of Suckling Bros, boots and shoes of all makes and styles. The factory in which .these are made is one of the largest in the dominion, and was founded in 1871. Since that period there have been great developments in the trade of the firm, with the result that it became necessary to erect the present large and up-to-date building. Special attention is paid in the manufacture of the better class or ladies' and gentlemen's boots, ine result of this has been that Suckling Bros.' manufactures, in this particular line are quite equal m appearance to the highest quality imported, and tar more lasting wear. They are made on the latest and most unproved styles oi American and English lasts.