THE WOOLLEN FACTORY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1949, 20 September 1888, Page 2

THE WOOLLEN FACTORY.

The demand for tweed 3, blankets, plaid logs, ru«3 and flmaehaa ra&nafttctu ed at tha Ashbtjrton Woollen Millr, h"»s of late Increased to 6uoh an extent that the m chinocy baa for some considerable time beeo running night and day to keep up a continuous supply of goods for the northern and southern marke's. A glance nund the factory when all the machinery fa In motion will glv9 BOrne idea of the extent to wh'ch the woollen manofaotarn^ ia:orest has grown m this I< cality. Within the Us*, few years Iramoißd strides hive ben imde m the workiug up if the lvo.il c'ip, and the quality of the ivinufao urod ariiole il attested fully by the ordcis which are receive 1 for fulfilment.. Over one hundred hands, half of whom are women and girls, are engaged m the lighter work of tnanufao'urlng wo;-l'?n goud*. During the night shift the electric lighi Is iv operation, and its introduction haa bean accompanied with success and economy No female labor Is engaged during tbe night, their services being reserved more particularly (or the looms which manufacture tbe beet kind of tweed, and the wa ohing of whioh requires the best light, Everything seems m emooth working order, and with an increasing population and a lessening Importation of English woollen goods, there is a healthy prospeot that In a few years the mill* at Ashburton will be very extensive ones, as their producing power ia now almost taxed to the utmost.