LEWIS BERGER AND SONS AND THEIR PAINTS

New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3002, 14 December 1896, Page 4

LEWIS BERGER AND SONS AND THEIR PAINTS

ft pxji - . t A basinet tile datalilislirndnt ol wliick takes us back to tho year* 1740 (the year of the historic Battle of-Preston Puns) hn4 in itself many interesting features, and when one names • the house,• of Lewis Berger and Sons, Limited, it- recalls great deeds done in the commercial world,- and the benefits rendered tp all who deal and work iiidty cdlotirej* pigments VatllislllM, artists* and decorators’' tiibfe colours and .paints: The hoiiso stands unique in that it is tlie only due which ulartiifiUhdresa ail Commodities it sejiflj It was lit Sheffield the buSiiiesS founded in 1749, and there they Corrodd lead on tho duly process that gives allroUud satisfaction; the Dutch process, ana alsd niaka ted Itnid fiHd litharge; rid wi-U as grinding lead ihth 'bih their Close-to-Londoh Ilomertqh, , which were established .iu itCO^ ithe'y. manufacture colours. iof every description-* zinc paint and varnishes. • These manufactures are extremely- popular iu torrid India, where tho Berger firm have had and are still receiving dargo orders and contracts. • At the recent WorldNa Fair at Chicago the firm received tho five highest awards for their wares, and similar honour* were taken at Paris,' A largo connection is enjoytd with manytrades, Baron Faber taking- large quantities” -of colours, especially the vermilion, for bis pencil works) and coach painters over return for a renewal of what they consider tho very beat Varnish to bo got) and'other dealers; whß stteat •. at some sweat by tlie reiidy-ihiibd paints Of LeWiS Bergeh Spabe for^i.^ B bvpq. tfybi, blqfefppt rehearsal of ‘the cpbeihltieo, but* every* thing that av f iata, cdlourihen and other workers in paint, whether* in a large or a small way, require, the Berger Company make and.have kept in stock by their agents everywhere. Messrs TJmfrovillo and Dodd have worked energetically on their behalf in these parts, and it must be satisfactory, both at Home and in this city, to see their enterprise bearing reward iu a growing and extending business. 1 ‘ The patent rights for Great Britain aild the Continent for the MasUry jJaintaj sti well known and popular in U.SA., haVQ been secured by the Berger firm, and s now*tho latter are makers of every kind of carriage paints. Fop all their lines they have no loss than 27'travellers in Groat Britain, tho Continent and America, houses in Bombay, New York, Paris and Vienna, agencies all over the world, and not the least of note i$ that Of Messrs DmfreVißO nhd Dtfddjof this bity; add Ddddj Of Otjf speaks enthusiastically of the LeWia Berger dompany, as well die might, seeing he was connected with tho head house for a number of years as foreign traveller, and ho is just back from Coolgardie, Ac., on his own firm's behalf, Messrs Umtreville and Dodd are, the sole agents iu Australasia for . the Berger manufactures, and they hold stocks” in their warehouse in Victoria street, whore an inspection is heartily invited.