"OUR OWN."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 510, 18 May 1909, Page 6

"OUR OWN."

INDUSTRIES' WEEK IN WELLINCTON. ' / ' EXHIBITS; DESCRIBED. , Tho many attractive dibplaja - that' aro b*. ing mado in 'Wellington in connection f with ; "Industrios Week"; aro creating a" well- I defined and' intelligent interest that is inoroasing as show wcok dfaive't* a closo. Some ql tlio tradespeople ire only beginning to realise tho real advantago that others ore enjoying who from , tho outset decided to ; take pal tin tho commercial exhibition that >'•' is nowjjcing held in this .city, *■ Tho school children arc being \ mado to realise:that "Industrios Week"_ is , ancasy . . : . ; means'of. acquiring- vafunblo information. : •'•" <2' f Yesterday, about 60 fifth and,sixth standard: '.'■ 'hi children, of tho..Wellington. 'South School.-. : ■"'■.£, .visited, tho-' Wellington Woollen Company's'. ;;,, mills in tho morning/and tho Kaiwarra Soap', -.v'-r; .Works and Nen , Zealand Candle Compakj-'e .■•;•.•., works in the afternoon., ,, .A,similar excursion V i •■•! is.)planned-for the higher standard girls,of .'' .?,-. tho same school. TnE Dominion office and - ; ..Messrs. Thos. Ballinger and Co.'s works are -.£' '■ receiving a.great,deal of attention. Another •'■..'. .; < " star" attraction .is- tho municipal- ':>;. \ house on Jorvois Quay. .... ..■'■;■■■' ,i ' J ■■;'■■..£: ... ■ HARDIE - " .'. : : ;. "'$ If tho reader knows Moi-rah's Building ia •■; ;', Willis. Street—the- one that'-■•" stands out" . ;.-. 'J\ from the others owing to its.being sot back ';■■>[' to the new alignment of the street—they .will ■" ~<■; most probably kuow : the marble-staired en- '.'. <; trance which leads to tho ta-stefully-furnished , ■, ; ■.'; .chambers.• above, and to' Hardio Shaw's pho-.,. : ."; •/ : tographic studios, 1 , which occupy the two top'; .floors. Mr. Hardio Shaw's >vork as an'artie- - .'!: tic photographer is well known '■ throughout : " \ Now' Zealand, and. when ho sets himself out'. ..■.•.;• to make a special display ho.gives tho publio ;.■•],, something to .admire. His speciality for ['■, ' : :;'i " Industrios Week " !in photography ,1 is ." sun- ' : ?:.. : '$ print« ( " tho latest phase of art photography,, '■ '-J in .which; the heavy backgrounds and strong -'..■:' J shadows aro obliterated, .and..all that is left. ,:]:■* is.a doticato.lihe portrait riot unlike a perfecVv'i'a pencil, Bkzetch. What, perhaps, is. more.in>--•.-'.:>_* terestiug still is the largo illus-y..: ,\,.:} trativoof-Mr. Bardie Shaw'e skill as.a maker of halt-tone and line blocks. By a careful ■ :•:•. study of; the.'exhibits ouc y may get,a. fairly .'j- I '- , v.< accurate idea of what the process in block- -A, yi making for illustration pu-rposes is like. Thie -■■'<';■• ■■.$ is demonstrated capitally intho easo of the ;;\'. Hon., Dr. Findlay, tho evolution of whose, im-'.. '';':■ prossion from the photograph' to ,tho-half- ■■:';'.':- toiwblock is shown by a: series of'plate*. ;,.,,,!r:; First there is tho photograph' itself, , then the ..; ;; wotrplato .negatiyo (photographed through: a i;;./; .75-lino "screen..siiitab'.o for newspaper, priiti.':', , ing)^wliioh.is,transferred on. to BcnKitißed ' : v *;Ji zinc.: .This-'then'undergoes tho ." baking-in." V. H; process, which'leaves it ready for acid etch-';:: ;-| ing ni tlio metal. Then' are shown tho. finished , .-. Vj plate \ and an excelleait. printing therefrom, >V: : ' affording opporiunity of comparison with the ■ original phqtograph.. Half-tono platce of : .;:. M'ebb, the/champion, and. ox-;, •;.•'■, oarsmen of the world,; General, :' Booth, .the Mayoral candidates, and,'.:mom- .~ : 1 bere of. Wie .City..Council,, all.of whidi' have , : , 4 figured.in Tub .Dominion , noffspaper, are 'ox-.-'■'', ■■'• ; habited, with nnmerous 'other ovidences of,: ■ :-\ tie photo-engraver's art. It is a •most' in-, : > teresting exhibition, and. will;bo niado still ,-,j ;.' moro"«o to-morrow, when tho whole premisoa /_;i) will'bo thrown, opeii to tlio public to see foljv';, "' themselves the, actual .vrork being done;.. ; .. : , v.

WELLINGTON WOOLLEN-COMPiNYj

"I defy winter I" might well bo •■ brand ,'of the'-Wellington Woojlen Company's goods which go out'to the world labelled : "Potoiie" ; (in gfacofur italics). One canuot ibut.be.impreEsed'with tho easowitli. wliich,.' 'the most rigid winter could bo'completely do-, fied if. one were liberally, supplied 'with.', a :stock'Vof ! . tho 'multdfarious articles-, tlio-b are inamifacturod so deftly ' at tho]. Wei- . lingten Company's mills at Koro Kc-ro. Pe-/; tone rugs,'both, in design and quality', hold" their, own. witli.tho best in tho .world;.. Pofouo blankets aro luxurious . to, tho touch, , and never fail to woo sleep for the weary. "Petono" goods do not end at rugs- and>,blankets. • TheW are ."Potono";. tweeds and worsteds, flannels,- flannel sliirts, men's and boys' suits,: ;overcpats;, : and.. pyjamas, all of approved. cut. .and, 5ty10, ,.,'. 'Pptono" "gqpds are 'being,.shown. all"oi\or the city.: .The D.1.0. ;.; aud ; Kirkcaldio's liavo:a big show, and there : aro also.exccllon-t displays at W..T, v Quin- . ton's, Lambteri Qilay J. D; Slater's, Lambton : Quay! Davis and Olater, L'ambton Quay; Bates arid Lees, Willis Street J Henry- Fielder • and Coij-Manners Street;-Duncan and Macin- . tosh,. Manners Street: George Winder,' Man-V , ners Street; C.' Smith's,' Cuba Street; Georgo md , George,:. Cuba.,:. ; Streot ; Carter * and Co., Cuba : Street; ;H. Osborno, ■' Cuba Street; Paterson and Sons, Ingestre; : Street. In , fact there aro no goods.more gen- ■ orally or moro attractively displayed in , town this week , thaii those branded ''Petono." ■