OUR MANUFACTORIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 115, 26 March 1864, Page 4

OUR MANUFACTORIES.

MR. TWTINOmx's ISISITIT MANUI-'ACTOBV. "Fob yews past the windmill at the head of Queen-street has been a fainijiiir objv-i-t to the cili/.r.is of Auckland —a well-known land-mark i'aisiM'ly looked for fivm the deck of many a cavstiiiif craft nenrini; t]io North Head, at a jliul- wiien Shorllanil t'rescont ami AYestQinvnstroet were Auckland, and the \-\ac-.- ivlx-rf the mill now stands was a distant suburb, a waste of ti-tree scrub. Then, however, Auckland spvw wheat to i;rind, —steam maehinerv was uuknown in the province—and tlie will was a scene of bustle and activity. ! Since the commencement of tlie war, from which time the supply of Aucfcianil-growii ■wheat has ceased, we have not seen the old sails in motion, and we bad almost thought j that it had become a very ••Castle of indolence" j —that it must have been converted into US emigration barracks or a blockhouse —and it was ■only the other day. on passing the entrance to the premises, that we saw unmistakable signs of .activity which showed there was a larsje business •of some kind beinjj curried on there. On enquiry we found that- Mr. C. F. L'lirtington is tarrying on tiie laijjst l.iisciut-bakiiiij estal>lishment in Auckland, upon the premises, and the niachin..-ry then at work, find appliances provided, showed at once the extent of the busi-

ness. Passing the building and store where the engine—a o'-horse power vertical movement—is contained, we came •■ipon the bakery, in which the biscuits arc made, and along tlie side of' which the spacious oven is built. Above this room is another, to a cistern in which water is Joived up by a pump worked by the engine, ;iud where the bags ot flour are raised I'rom below by means of machinery, also worked by steam. Just upon tin , floor of this upper room, and immediately over rhe mixing lnacliine in the room below, is a large bin into which ;i cwt. of Hour at a lime is emptied; this feeds the mixing cylinder by means of n wooden spout, about 9 inches square, and the water is conveyed down into the cylinder by a small pipe from the cistern. As the cylinder—which is 2 feet 4 inches in diameter, and 3 feet in length—revolves, ihe ilour and water become intimately mixed, aiul by opening the mouth of the c\ linder the dough drops down on to a table below. Attached to the water-cistern is a gtmge by which the person attending to the juai-hine is enabled to tell when the requisite quantity of water has been added to the flour, it takes just ten minutes to thoroughly mix ii cwt. of flour. It is then taken, an armful at a time, to the rolling machine, which stands alongside. This is one of Vickers' patent, the lar^e.si —we believe the only lua-.-hiuc of the kind introduced into the colony. The pair of break rollers, through which the dough is passed backwards and forwards, being severally 2u and 18 inches in diameter, and 33 inches in length. These work in the centre of rhe machine and are easily rever>ibhi—at either end is a long iron table 3 fui-t wide and extending ~> feet from the point of pressure, on one of which tallies a hundredweight and a-half of dough is laid and parsed up till caught between the revolving rollers which are at first set at about three inches apart, when it passes through to the table { on the other side. The rollers are then bv the adjustment of a break set about a quarter of an inch nearer and the dough is pas.-ed back again, and soon, the rollers being set nearer and nearer each time till it comes out :\ lint, well-mixed sheet. t'O feet in length, and 2 feet !» inches in width, it is then cut across and the sheet of dough about the size of this paper is carried to the cutting and printing machine, where it is laid upoii a similar table to th-it from whence it was tiiken, is seized hold of by a smaller pair of revolving rollers, closer set, and again by another pair setto the thickness of the biscuit which it is intended to make—thence it still passes along the machine till ii reaches the cutting and printing die which rises and falls with a regular stroke, cutting the sheets of dough as they'pass bv into i biscuits, at the rate of 350 in ' five minutes. After the sheet hns passed the cutter, the dough between the several biscuits is lifted out and the I biscuits themselves pass on and are received on | a revolving belt which lays them on a wooden j tray close to the mouth of* the oven, where they are taken by the baker. Where the biscuits are of the smaller sort, ' fancy, w-ine. and other articles, thev are deli- I vered into iron trays and are passed through the. j oven, tray and all. .Mr. Partington showed us j seven different dies for cutting ail kinds of fancy i biscuits, v/hich we were told cost no less tliaii I £150.

The oven is a large and excellent structure being no less than iJ(J feet in length and traversed hy a revolving iron belt. -I- I'eet in width. It is heated from two large furnaces, and the heat is carried by the flues over the top of the oven and especially thrown direct down upon the biscuits at their entrance at the ovens mouth. The lloor of the oven on which the biscuit are laid is formed of a revolving belt similar to that of a Californiau pump laid horizontally, of plates of iron about 10 inches each in width. As this revolves on two iron calenders the biscuits or trays, as the case may be, are carried in a certain regular time, 20 minutes, from one end of the oven to the other. Hy the time that they pass two thirds of the distance they are baked, and are dried during the. remainder, and on reaching the back of the oven, as the end plate falls over, in passing round the cylender, the biiisc.uits upon it are tumbled oli' and falls out under a swinging iron sheet which lets them through below the'level of the oven floor into the room outside. What particularly struck us was the power and convenience ol'the machinery and the ample room upon the promises. There was no crowding or hurry, the machines just stood at the most convenient distance from one smother for the removal of the dough from one to the other, indeed a Uuly with moderate crinoline, (could such an one be found) mis-ht U:uc walk..,! ; llluu ,,r them without danger. The labor of just two men aud three boys only is required to keep all this work in motion so great is the assistance rendered by the very excellent motive power of Messrs. Ticker's and Go's, machinery which is used, aud in the space of ten hours these live hands can turn out two tons of biscuits or -1 cwt. per hour. The only dillicuKv now is to procure the flour to work up. The water used is principally supplied from the roof and is conducted to tin; dillereiit places where it is required from a large reservoir—in fact every care has been taken to lighten the labor so as to enable the proprietor in these busv times to be as independent as possible of the chances of the labor market. ,The cost of the machinery and fittings has been little less, we. believe, (han a couple of thousand i.p;quhds. The whole of it has been supplied by the firm of T. T. Vicars & Co. of Liverpool, who were awarded the first prize at the Great Exhibition of JBb'2, ill London. Jt has all been erected under the superintendence of Mr. 0. F. Partington, the proprietor, nnd is second to no machinery of the kind in the Australian colonies, aud equalled by none in iS'ew Zealand. We had almost forgotten to mention that the same engine also drives a flour mill, so, that if rliere were wheat in .Auckland to grind, it would l>e hi.sv in the space of «//<■ iwnr to convert a sack of wheat into buueuit packed aud reudv for shipment.

TviA.TOli-GEXEHAL AVVNYAUD, C.8., [AVk place In , fore our readers tin- ioilowinij particulars of f.lu> career of our dcfjily regretted friend. Thn f'rst portion lias been reprinted from the Capo for "Dei-ember, lNf<:i. m the time that General AYynyard was administering the Government of (lint Colony. The other part has been fiti'irished by one who knew him 10n,!,' and well, mid who loves ami honours his memory. General AVynyard was ihe victim <>( disease of the heart peculiar tothe Cape frontier, and which usually lermimiie* in dropsical .-welling of ihe lens.' lie died :il Hath on theiiih /anunry.] IJonv.iiT Rknhy AVynyaHU was horn m 1 .onion, in December. lh'Ol. Me was :i son of General AViliiam AVyiivanl, Deputv-Aojutanl General In tin! Forces, anil li(|iierry U. George the 111., by :l daughter and <-o-heiress of -lolin Gladwin. Esip, of -Xot'.s; grandson of General William YYvnvard, '.srd Guards: mid great-grandson of Tienerai John Wyiiyurd, Governor of Aknorca. r.ininicn. He was.educated at the Kov. .Mr. L'nulet's. Dumnow. Kssex. and married in lMlJii, ■Vnne. daughter of H".p;h .Maedonnell, Km|.. L'onsul General nt Algiers. He entered the army in I-Vhruary, 1811), us Ensign i«. the Soth Light Infantry, and was .iroKOied into the 58th Regiment, in which lie icrved from to IS">S. when be was promoted :o the rank of major-general. In 15:27 he served as aide-de-camp to Majorgeneral Thornton, and from I.S2U to IS4I was .■niploved on the general stall'of the army in Ireland, lirst. under Sir John Gardiner, and then under Sir G. D'Aguilar. He was promoted .Major in .1 illy. 1811, and Lieut-Colonel in December, 18-12. ' in J S-I-I-, the regiment under his command embarked for .■Vutsralia, and. in IS-l-o, he commanded the ! advanced division up the interim , of New Zen- j iind, against the natives, and was at. the attack m<l capture of Kuapeknpeka, in ISlii. lor which ,'ie l-eceived the Companionship of the liaih. He assumed the command of the troops m liiat i-olony from the departure of Colonel ])cspard: ill the arrival of Cieneral I'itt, and again, on .hat otlicer's death, in ISSI. to the cud of ls.i*. He was lieut-govenior oi' the colony in ISol, till [ he abolition of the appointment, when he was 'lected first superintendent, under the new constitution —a post he resigned "alien i>.-ling goverior of the colony from IVcemher. l!>o:{. till the ' irrival of Sir George Grey's miccomU' in i"Se[)tember, INJS. As (lctiiig govi'i'imr he inaugurated, and iecurod for the colonists, respou.-ible iient. In 1857 lie was granted a pension for nieriioriHts service, and shcrflv nfter his m-rival in Kngand, in January IN')!', was seleeted for the comnand at tlie Ca])e of Good Hope, iiccumpanicd villi the local rank of lieut-geucral. and her Majesty's commission as lieutenant-governor. Since when, on the departure of Sir George Tirey, he assumed the duties of the governor if tlie Cajie colony, andtho.-eof the high commi>sioner of Kailrariii. Tints, out of upwards of fortv years' service, u> has never been an hour unemployed, and. inlependeiit of the various militarv appointments )f trust, he has twice held civil i-ommi»ion> a> ieut-goveitior. and. for a .-eeoiid time, at the I'ape discharged the higher and more re.-~|,on>i-Ac duties of governor. A reference to Hart's Army List, and the (.•izett(!S of the day, will show the service thai -ecured him tin , t'.li. ; the estimates will show ; he grounds on which her Majesty be.-towed on ' iim the jiension ; and tlie following adress. from he governor of -Nra , /calami, will nnnvv the ■>timation in which he was held by the iii'hahiants of Auckland, on his leaving that colony in Soveniher. IM*iS : (.'.il.iiNi:!. AVvxY.iim, —Yi.nr lontr vi.-Mclnir-r in this •i-ilony during viuidus eventlul periods in its lii.-toi-v, [ ill (lie m-l-anity di>pliiy.-(l liy you, licth in pul.fi.- j mil ])iivate, have won liir yen an' univer.-ul nin<.iint < if utt.-icliineiit and respect. " ; A munlii'l- of gentU-iueii of this iiroviuc-, <l..sin'ti;r 0 iiresent yi.u with μ-hh.- lu.-tiiiL- ].n...t' «{ tliv exi- i •-•lie , .: of these feelings, hav,- nut lien.- this inoniiii- ' '..rtliat ]>urp<- 5 ,.. " : It, lias hoen tound impossible to prr.omv a siiilnl.le ; o.stimtuiial in this colony, they ihi-n-f.-re 1).;; f.. ntVi-r •on ii purse contair.inp; three hum In cl j vliii.-li tln-v «-i s h to have oxjiujnb-il in the pureliieT- u| ' 1 piece of plati... cho.M.-n in hv .Mrs. Wvii- ; vad and yom-si.li, anil hi.-aring the iiiM.-riptinn wlii. h '. will give your. ; ixsciurTios. i " I'ruSl-lltuil to Kl.'IIKltT HICNUY WyNY.MUi, C.1?., of ! iw Majesty's s>stli on his d.paitme Irom | Sew Zealand, by a liiniil.n-r of the inhabitants of tlie : :ity and province of Auckland, in testimony ..I' thi-ir ■ ligli appivciati.,n of the integrity, and '• irlj;tnity which l.;ue characterized his ili.-.eli.'ai.-e oi lie M.-v.-1-al importai.t duties whi.-h devolved upon | iim during thirteen ycsirs' oilicial residence in New Sealiiwl, from Au>;ii!-t, 18-l.j, to 0.-lober, IS'iS, in ; ivhich time he tilled, fur vniious piriuds, the ioiioiviiif; i iliees in 1),,, puVii,- .<i.rvii(-: •' ],ieuteiii.nt-!,'.,veniorofthe piovinceXew I'lsler ; ;up<.-rii.t.--ii.leiit of the province ~f An. -klsuwi ; ..Hirer the govi.nm.ent of Xew Zealand; iiombtT of tlie executive council of his Kxcellen.v .he Governor ; member ot the lep.-laliv,, .-,.un. ii o'f -he c.lony ; colonel of her Majesty's OStl, J:.. ijinient; mil ollieer eonunandiiig her .Majestv'.-. troops in New " ; Your departure, will bo deeply r.-gn-Ued, and you : vill carrv with you, whi.icve'r you go, hearU.-lt ! ■vi.shes fur your h.-altii and l.appme.-s and that of; Mrs. Wj-nviii-d an.l your family. Many will r.-Ln.t : ami rejoice in healing of y. ur future uelfanHid success, hut amonj; liiV many none will d., s,, nore sim-eiely than iny.-'-ll', bei-ii'iiM? few iiaM- had jrc-ater opp ( ,r'tunities of .-.ppic-ciatinL; your worth : 1 also bey to hand you lliu names "ot the subscri- j lers. : Thomas (lour. S'.kowm:, (;,,v.-ni<>r ■ Governm.-nt-hoiH.-, Auckland, '. October, IS.jS. ' Of General "Wynynril's career in tiie Cape :-olony, it is unnecessary to remark mm-h. ! except to bear a similar testimony to that ■ecorded above from the colonists of l\evv Zca- [ and. In his capacity, as cominander-iii-chici', ' ive being civilians, are little qualified to eNjress '■ my o])iiiion. furtlier than tn stale, that bis inercoiirse with Die tion-mililarv world has been ; narked with singular urlianitv ami ihinkiie.-.s. md that, far from frowninir vv 'itl, j.ii'l y 1,,:,<1r,,' r m the volunteering spirit 'which has lalelv dis..'hiyi'd itself so lionorabiy among so larne a ]i;-o- ' lortion of (hi! community. | H . i l:ls encoitreged mil .stimulated it by i-vi-vy means in bis pimer. in his oilicial posit 'iun as' l,ieuteiianl-( ;.i\ erm.r. itidftr the i!i;eciii.n of Sir < (; r. v. be n.--' •cssarily will have but eomparalivelv lew ..er....--Lunitics of acting with any .(■.-gn-e 'of independence, aud on his own respoiisibilitv. his an olliee. as now constituted, of so anomalous a character, that, its continuance can prove of but little satisfaction either to the gentleman who may hold it or jo tin- country. l',ul General Uynyard's administration ol' the colony, miicc ', Sir George Grev's departure, has given su/iicient ' •VKience to prove that wer-e bis commisM,,,, -is : Lieutcmiut-<,\,vernor reviM-d. and bis ,„,„-,,-, ' iiiorliJi«-d and e.vtended. ..„ as U , be reallv , ulapte.l to the condition and requirements ,][■ die country, it. would be dillictilt 1... meet with ,' my other functionary in all respects more com- ' Detent to discharge well and satisfactorily the .' luties of the ollicc.— Cape Munthl,/ .}/,,,,',,-i,, r< \ or Dweiiibt'i', ISV.K ' ' ;.

Tho following additional mid interesting facts Iliivi , been olilijjinjrly furnished. Major General Yi'yiiyard served in tin- 85lh, i prior to joining; Die oKth; served in tin- Stall" in Ireland us JJeputy-Asssistaiil-Adjtilant-f.'cnera! from 1.820, until Jii.s promotion to .Mtijorin lie ciiniod tlie marked ji]>pn>L;ilion :iud enjoved the personal friendship of Sir Jkissey \ iviiiu and Kir Kchvard JJlakeney the coimnander of ■ tin . Forces in Jreland. The Into Sir Charles j D'Airnilar under whom lie w:.* inmiediately cm- ' |il(iy<'il (Icscriiics him as one of (he !»e.-i oilii-ers whether in (he field or oilice, lhal he ever ji.-et. j Onhi.s)euviii£tLe.¥!nfJ i

Lord Somerset) complimented him on the op. I port unity, ajl'orded him of submitting his name ! li.i jl.i' I'ullco!'\Vrllin.-:lo:i for advancement. '■ ili- w:<s p.-'.'Velo i\" ii,e Ceorgv Ill.an<l K.pierrv to Iheia'c il-.'.kcofCamhrid.go, and was a personal : friend ,»r ihe present Puke.' ihiriim" i'l'incc d'ooi-gos soldiers apprenticeship in i J 111 >I■ si in l.vW-.'i'.i--10- li. he anil Ceiieral Wvn\ard occupied tin- same house in |] u . ItovaTliilrracLs. Ami during the I'rimoaii War. II.'I!, lliiii.iu'ss ur:l;iu' to I'olonel Wynvard. !<•<! ''■■■::; lie ua - no. on the spot where he was sii-v hi< abiliii.'. Would have placed him in a prominent po-ilion. lie lefl Iji'.'l.nid for Australia in .l.'-p.uarv. lsi">. arrive! in Swluevoii ihe I'H. 1 ,: .him-. I.S-I5 an.! s:..i!. ,1 for New Zr;,l,<>-\ on die Hit!) Sep-iemb-r. ISI-V 11 is gro;>!-<_;i'amlfa!lier. grandfather, father, and t'Wee uncles, w '[■(' ail grenadier guardsmen, and idl distingiii-he-1 oll'n-ers ; two of his uncles died of fever at W:\lelieren. and one. (.'ener.il ! I'M ward Buckley Wynvard. is now at the head of the oNlh IJ.'g me'iiL and the presont Comniandiiig ollieer of the Grenadier Guards is his cousin. IFc continued to lake a kindly interest in the j men of his old corps, and only two months since J a non-cdiiimissioned oliicer now serving in AiickI laud received a most kind letter intimating that he Has iinliiiig ellorts for hi> advancement.