Morton, photo. Mr. Thomas Hodgson, manager and secretary of the Northern Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company, Ltd., arrived in New Zealand from England in 1879. He has been a member of both the Newton and the Mount Eden School Committees and was twice a member of the Chamber of Commerce Council, but, resigned recently owing to pressure of business responsibilities. At present he is president of the New Zealand Federated Boot Manufacturer’s Association of Employers, a member of the Council of the Auckland Employers’ Association, and a member of the committee of the Auckland Industrial Association. Mr. Hodgson has held the position of secretary of the Northern Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company, Ltd., since its incorporation in January, 1882, and has been manager since 1891. Whalley, photo. Mr. John Bett, managing director of the firm of J. Bett ami Co., Ltd., the Manawatu Carriage Factory, was born in Wanganui in 1863. He commenced his business career in 1885, and in 1903 the concern was formed into a limited company. The factory now covers about an acre of ground in the heart of Palmerston North, and employs about thirty hands, In 1894 Mr. Bett’s factory was completely destroyed by fire, but was (quickly re-organised and in working order the next day in temporary premises.

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Morton, photo. Mr. Thomas Hodgson, manager and secretary of the Northern Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company, Ltd., arrived in New Zealand from England in 1879. He has been a member of both the Newton and the Mount Eden School Committees and was twice a member of the Chamber of Commerce Council, but, resigned recently owing to pressure of business responsibilities. At present he is president of the New Zealand Federated Boot Manufacturer’s Association of Employe rs, a member of the Council of the Auckland Employers’ Association, and a member of the committee of the Auckland Industrial Association. Mr. Hodgson has held the position of secretary of the Northern Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company, Ltd., since its incorporation in January, 1882, and has been manager since 1891.

Whalley, photo. Mr. John Bett, managing director of the firm of J. Bett ami Co., Ltd., the Manawa tu Carriage Factory, was born in Wanganui in 1863. He commenced his business career in 1885, and in 1903 the concern was formed into a limited company. The factory now covers about an acre of ground in the heart of Palmerston North, and employs about thirty hands, In 1894 Mr. Bett’s factory was completely destroyed by fire, but was (quickly re-organised and in working order the next day in temporary premises.