VIALOU'S AND CO.'S AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT AND GENERAL MANUFACTORY.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 483, 24 June 1875, Page 3

VIALOU'S AND CO.'S AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT AND GENERAL MANUFACTORY.

The stranger arriving in the Waikato could notfail to be struck with the surprising amount of enterprise and judicious combination of skill observable in the General Agricultural Implement Manufactory of Messrs Vialou and Co., N at Hamilton West. A mere cursory view of Th^<&terio,r of the building would supply no adequateNWm\i£>h^lW|^oid resources of the establishmenVin which n^t the least remarkable feature is the wonderful economy of space, which Mr Vialou, after a long course of thought and judicious contrivance, has been enabled to effect. The manufactory is a perfect model in this respect. A great variety of industries, all more or less indispensible in a country like the Waikato, have been concentrated in comparatively limited space, and so admirably arranged that the smallest detail is under the immediate supervision and control of Mr Vialou. The advantage conferred on the district by the employment of labour is very | great, but the convenience which the settlers enjoy by being enabled to obtain necessary implements ard repairs without sending^) Auckland, with the consequent freight^B!fc|^baKi^lays, u^incaloulable. At present th^-^tel!li|h«e^^]b^h to the settlers of an extensive district, a^TisT, ini&ct,.one of the leading institutions* of the Waikato. It forms, in fine, the advance guard, and the nucleus of those great manufacturing industries which will doubtless be established in the Waikato when railway communication and cheap coal have enabled steam power to be applied. It is now some three years since Mr Vialou was induced to set up Mr Thomasson in a business of this kind at Hamilton West. The affair was at first but the mere germ of what it now is, and it has only grown to its present dimensions by slow stages, under the fostering care of Mr Vialou himself Formerly the manufactory only included the business of a wheelwright, blacksmith, and general builder. After a time Mr Thomasson sold out of the business, and Mv Vialou assumed the personal control and panaflemWit. In hisjiands there was a rapid increal^Rii^|\awlJe requirements of the dislW; S»ah^M^eSkCSfr_ advisable to extend tlte operations 'so as to include the manufacture of every description of agricultural implement. With this object considerable additions were made to the premises, and very considerable additions to the stock. No idea could be formed from a merely cursory observation of the large and varied supply of material required in a business of this nature. Seasoned woods, for various kind of fittings and ironwork, are stowed away in every available piece of space, which is economised to the utmost; and the stock of material is in many respects as large as those of the ironmongery establishments in Auckland. The general ironmongery department, contiguous to <»he street, is replete in a small compass with all kinds of tools, implenpatea£ttWs.<fcc., for general farming and building teqjoW part of the building are the l^aterteis I^Hjul ftsqtls of painting, renovating, and decorating. In the centre of the building on the lower floor, there is a spacious show-room, in which every description of household furniture, equal in finish to the best produced in Auckland is on view, as well as sewing machines, chaff-cutters, crushing machines. New ar rivals and newly married couples can here obtain every household requirement at the shortest notice. Attached to this is the upholstery department where couches, mattrasses, sofas, &c, are manufactured according to the latest improved designs. In the show-room we were particularly struck with the .beautiful design and finish of a large and handsome wardrobe. On the upper floor there is a wood turnery in which skilled workmen are employed in producing every description of ornamental fitting, and woodwork. When we visited the place some handsomely moulded fittings intended for the jury and witness boxes, and other compartments o the Court house were being made. There wer< also several dining tables in course of manufacture not to mention other finer and more skilled cabine work, of eve*js^d^L \ There are^wo turninj lathes constafcil^A^. «^\ ti&jVtepartment The class ofX"w*AL3e^[V?e«e«£»le couL not be surpassed 4n Auckland On the ground, immediately in front, are a stock of chain and other harrows, ploughs, scarefiers, rakes, and an array of drays, awaiting like so many . disabled patients, the skilful treatment of Mr Vialou's wheelwrights. Mr Vialou also carries on the business of a millwright, and 'fceqps 1» \e establishment all the requisite mate»ial^Sue aVfcH^le ssijjl^ under the large building i^ose^^re*d^;fcKke^gj(n£d timber cut into lengths aM sizes for immediate use, besides iron material for .gates and* other fittings. Immediately in rear, timber in large quantities is stacked for drying, which after remaining a certain period, is stored in the drying sheds. There are also piles of materiakfor cabinet purposes. In -the smithy there are* £n>K!^rg<^ forges; there all the requisite fittings -oT v x^idles\o»e:s^ kind are turned out. Here the. workmen\ were engaged in making a break after a design by Mr. Vialou, and various other smith's work was being rapidly turned out. Piles of gal verized iron and zinc are stored away at the back, as well as a large supply of English ash, required in the bush^s^ In ,shortHn e building combines in convenient space a decorating department, general ironmongery, agricultural implement and general factory, wheelwrights', cabinet factory, smithy, upholstery, glazier, general contractor and building department, architectural and designing, coacbm&ke*k frying shop^sash and door manufactory, cai^mkawl gefce^il ornamental work, and every description of 3o\fl^M?l, and pastoral requisite. '-The buildings have cost quite £2,000, in addition to the stock and furniture, and involves a largo current expenditure in wages which is retained in the dwtrict. Mr Vialou's own private, resielence is % Bpccimon of neatness of design, comfortable* arri*ngem«nt, and skilful finish. The internal*, fittings aro very handsome, including gilding, moulded corniceH, and tasteful graining and decorating. The entire establishment is highly creditable to Mr Vialoia's enterprise, a*id his skilful manipulation * of details. It exffi^iiiiß in a striking-, manner what may beaccomplisJie^in.aconipk^'atiYely new conn try and at a distance from the metropolis by industry, capital, and experienced skill. >

Sir G-eorge Bo wen was entertained at a banquet in Willis' Rooms, London, on April 29th. The Duke of Ecftqlmi'gh \presided, **and amongst the others present Sir Mr. Brogden, Major Hamley and many others. The Duke of Edinburgh proposed the health of Sir George and Lady Bo wen. Governor Bo wen replied in an eloquent speech, quoting Latin, comparing the former critical condition of New Zealand tx/that of the Highlands in 1745. He said the true weapons' for the conquest of the Maoris were the pickaxe and the spade, not the sword and the rifle. He spoke of New Zealand as " that glorions country" and said that the Queen had n«where more loyal subjets.

The following are some of the things that a woman will not do. Things that you never can, by any accident, get a lady (be she younjr or old) to confess to :— That she laces tight. That her shoes are too tight for her, That she is ever tired at a ball. That she paints. That she has been more than five minutes dressing. That she has kept you waiting. That she blushed when a certain person's name was mentioned. That she ever saya a thing that she does not mean. That she is fond of scandal. That she — of all persons in the world — is in love. That she can't keep a secret. That she? doesn't want a new bonnet. That she can do with one single thing lees when she is about to travel. That she hasn't the disposition of an angel or the temper of a saint — or else how could she go through one-half of what she does. That she doesn't know better than any one else what is best for her. That she is a flirt or coquette. That she is ever in the wrong.