MESSRS. BENNETT & SUTTON."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 864, 9 July 1910, Page 15

MESSRS. BENNETT & SUTTON."

Messrs. Bennett and Sutton, general ironmongers, whoso premises are reproduced in this issue, commenced business in December, 1905, having bought out Mr. F. J. Wrigley, who had started the store in 1894. Since thai'time tho business has grown to such an extent that it is now one of the largest on tho AVest. Coast. The proprietors are Messrs. B. C. Bennett and F. W. Sutton, and both were, former residents of the AVairarapa. Large stocks of goods aro held on all the linos, while the firm, which does a good deal of indenting, is a. direct importer of British and American hardware, wallpapers,-paints, and .oils, fishing tackle, guns, and ammunition. The London buyers are Messrs. Willis, Sin-i dall, and Co., 4 Lloyd Avenue. • Some idea, of tho size and importance of the. business may be gained from a description of the premises. The retail shop in High Street has a frontage, of 89ft. by 40ft. The N,olson Street brick store is 50ft. by 45ft. Between these, there is being erected in concrete another bulk store, 65ft. by 65ft. AY,hen this building is completed, tho'. firm's premises will extend from Higli Street to Nelson Street, a distance of 350ft-. ■ The firm also has a store for explosives just outside the borough boundary. A recent departure by the firm is a special'wallpaper room, 32ft. by 18ft., with a- AA'underlich steel ceiling, and carrying a stock of 12,000 rolls of paper, all racked, and showing the latest pat-tern, from the sixpenny editions to, tho fine ingrained quality at four shillings and. sixpence. This room and stock are well worth inspection by any residents or farmers who may be thinking of new intcrioj- furnishings for their dwelling- , Among the recent additions to tilt j business lines have been woolpacks,; oonisacks, sheep, dip, hinder twine, 1 w'oolpresses, and sporting material. The firm lias a very extensive and com-j preliensive exhibit at "the • Dominion | show next week, having 200 ft. of space. I Ma'ssey-Harris and Booth, Macdonald and Co., for whom the firm arc district agents, have, also 200 ft. of space each ; at the show: I

Following- is a list of some of the firm's farmers' 'lines :—

Stocks: Galvanised iron and barbed fencing wire, staples, woolpaeks, cornsacks, Cooper's sheep dip, binder twine, machinery oils, wire netting, cement, lime, galvanised piping, Douglas and Simpson's hydraulic rams, lift and force pumps, disc harrows, tripod harrows, chaff cutters, Planet, Jr., garden implements, steel split pulleys, Plununcr blocks, Bain til belting; full stock of extra parts for the Dominion aJid L.K.G. milking machines.

General household and builders' ironmongery : Orates, tiles, mantelpieces, lamps, Steel and leather travelling trunks, Gladstone brief and kit bags, tennis, golf, and croquet material, hasketware, electroplate and solid silver ware, farm, and' garden tools, carpenters' and engineers' tools. Following is a list of the firm's sole district agencics:—Booth, Jlacdonald, and Co., Star windmills, general farm implements, Pitt oil engines, Dominion milking machines ;• Massey-Harris Co., harvesting machinery, general farm implements; Nicholl Brothers, "Orb" ranges; Donald, Donald, and Sons, woolpresses, wire strainers, stumping jacks; Cyclone Wiro Fence and Gate Company, farm gates, slice)) and pig netting,' fencing wrappers, Wilson Cement Co., Ltd., Star brand cement, hydraulic lime, etc.; L. Bergei'iand Co., B.P. house paint; Wunderlieh Company. steel ceilings; Alliance Box Comllanyj boo hives and beekeepers' requisites. Imperial Crown galvanised roofing iron. This brand of iron was used oifthe Winter Show building. The firm are also agents for Cooper's sheep dip, "Orion" and Champion ranges; Nobel's . explosives, fuse, etc.; Wyandotte dairyman's cleanser and cleaner; Clement's patent pig fcnco; ,