RECEPTION TO THE HON. HUIA ONSLOW AT OTAKI.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1714, 4 January 1905, Page 50 (Supplement)

RECEPTION TO THE HON. HUIA ONSLOW AT OTAKI.

RECEPTION TO THE HON. HUIA ONSLOW AT OTAKI.

MESSRS W. AND G. TURNBULL AND CO., WELLINGTON. One of the exhibits that first attracts the eye is that of Messrs W. and G. Turnbull and Co., the Empire Co. of Wellington. Surrounding the stand is a sort of a Kiosk, and inside a bench tastefully furnished with the various manufactures of the firm. In the centre are two large pyramids of tea showing all the brands put up by the Empire Company. At either end are large blocks of the well-known Royal Blue, surrounded by other laundry requisites, including the Empire Company’s No. 1 Eixtract of Soap, washing fluids, powdered borax and Laundress’s Help. Surmounting the whole is a board bearing the company’s name, from which are suspended a number of fancy tea caddies. Minor stands contain cordials, syrups, oils, pickles and condiments. Some revolve continuously, others are stationary. All look very effective under the electric light. The Empire Company makes a specialty of the Crescent Brand pickles, which are now shown for the first time in. large quantities and look very tempting. To enumerate everything on the stand would take more space than is available, hence only the more prominent are mentioned. There are a num-

ber of mechanical figures on the stand

which, work automatically to express satisfaction at being in such good company. Undoubted architectural ability and taste have been displayed in arranging the Elmpire Company’s exhibit. To take full advantage of the advertising opportunities afforded by the exhibition the Empire Co. is giving away samples of its most popular blends of tea, prominent amongst which are the Dragon, Kondah, Elephant, New Crescent, Crescent, Ceylon and Mikado. These teas are blended at the Empire tea department in Wellington from pure teas imported direct from Ceylon and India. There is never the slightest variation in the quality of the blends. The blender can detect unfailingly any difference. The New Plymouth exhibition gives Taranaki an excellent opportunity of becoming acquainted with the different blends of the Elmpire Co. THE EGM'ONT BOOT FACTORY. There is no more typical industry in Taranaki than the Egmont Boot Factory, of which the chairman of the Exhibition Committee, Mr Hal Goodacre, is the head. The exhibit of the Company is a particularly good one, inasmuch as it shows the whole process of bootmaking. In fact, part of the staff of the factory is just now working at the exhibition, and the busy scene of bootmaking can be inspected every day. The machines are driven from the exhibition plant, and form a most engrossing picture of industry. All sorts of boots and shoes are turned out from the best English and Colonial leathers.

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THE DRESDEN PIANO CO. The exhibit of the well-known Dresden Piano Co. is a compact one on the Coronation Avenue. There are ten pianos, five organs and a number of mechanical appliances. The pianos are the Lipp, Bohm, Meissner, Koch, Kirchner and Kuhse; and the organs the Imperial and Bell. The Dresden Company are agents for practically all the leading makes and sole agents for many of them. The Bohm piano is regarded to-day as one of the very best, its strength resting chiefly in its special construction. The iron frame is cast after the manufacturer’s own pattern and eives great strength and firmness to the purest plank, sound board or frame. The strings are made of the finest, toughest and strongest steel wire. There are three to each note in the treble and they are tuned in unison. There is generally a knot of spectators round the Dresden exhibit, where the pianola is usually playing. The stall is tastefully draped with black and yellow, the colours of the firm.

MESSRS. BOWRON BROS., CHRISTCHURCH. Od6 of the most striking exhibits, in the Exhibition is that of Messrs. Bowron Bros.* .Woolston .Tannery, Christchurch. They exhibit a various variety of leather and hides which form a most attractive feature. The finish is good, and the quality even throughout. MESSRS KNIGHT, LOVE AND 00., AUCKLAND. It would scarcely be possible for a single firm to get together a better and more comprehensive display of saddlery, harness and bags than that of Messrs Knight, Love and Co. on New Zealand avenue. All the saddles are colonial made, all the bags and most of the harness. The firm makes a specialty of military outfit and accoutrements for both .officers and men. It provided twohundred sets of saddlery for each of the three last contingents and smaller quantities for the earlier ones. There is a life-size model of a horse, full equipped, turned out of the factory in Grey street, Auckland, and amongst the specialties which occupy prominent places are motor coats, canvas coats (a new thing in water proofs), satchels and school bags, horse clothing, horse-col-lars and cabin trunks. The factory in Grey street employs from fifty to sixty

hands. Messrs Knight, Love and Co. have taken eight first prizes for saddles, and harness, a special prize and a gold medal for the best collection of saddlery and harness of colonial manufacture ; also a special prize for leather bags of colonial manufacture. MR SAMUEL BROWN, MILLER AND GRAIN IMPORTER. Mi* Brown's calf meal was put on the market late this season, but nevertheless excellent results have been obtained. It is admitted by all practical and experienced farmers who have used it to •be the best and the cheapest yet introduced for the health and growth of young stock, and flattering testimonials have been, received from both far and near. Brown’s Calf Mead is of great and unexcelled nutritious value, thoroughly prepared for the stomach of the calf and ready for digestion. Too often foods rich in starch are employed as food for calves, instead of those rich in fats and albuminoids. Brown’s Calf Meal approaches milk more nearly in its composition than any other food. The advantage of this meal is that it does not require boiling, is highly recommended as a great preventive of scouring, and will cure a calf already affected. Also manufacturer of high pressure steam prepared pea flour for thickening soups, gravies. Maize meal, wheat meal, barley meal, linseed meal, split peas, pearl barley, etc. Samples and quotations posted to any address. See local agents or Samuel Brown, coal and grain importer and miller, Wellington. Brown’s Bacon Meal.—One to two

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pounds a day the last thirty days will" turn the pig into a first-class baconerj. One pound of this meal is equal to threepounds of pollard as regards fattening quality. This meal has by far the largest sale of any other meal on the market. THE N. Z. CANDLE COMPANY. The New Zealand Candle Company of Wellington, has an excellent show- of its various manufactures. They are exhibited in a glass case and include Apollo Sperm, French Sperm, British Sperm, Excelsior Wax, Venus Wax, Carriage and Piano candles, also large Masonic candles decorated with fancv transfers, which resemble handpainting. The firm also shows samples of tallow in its various stages preparatory to its being turned out into pressed stearme. The firm also show samples of crude glycerine and oleine oil, both extracted from tallow in the course of its conversion into candle manufactures. The quality of the Candle Company's product is unquestioned. The candles have been tested along with other manufactures, colonial, foreign and British, and have secured high favour among consumers. In the West Coast mines, the Candle Company's manufactures are in constant use and all the Government departments have adopted the New Zealand Candle Company's wares. The company exhibited various first-class diplomas secured at various exhibitions, also a ohotograph of a burning comoetition held at Greymouth. where the company’s British Sperm brand out-lasted all other competitors, both foreign and colonial.