MESSRS. GILLIES & NALDER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 864, 9 July 1910, Page 16

MESSRS. GILLIES & NALDER.

The firm of Gillies and 'Nalder commenced business in 190-1, having acquired the business, stock sales, and yard of the Egniont Farmers' Union, and of Messrs. Fantham Bros. During the past five years the Ilawera district lias made great strides. As ail instance, it may bo mentioned ilia J ; when Gillies and Nalder first came to the district the better class of land was for sale at from £20 to £25 per aero. The same land now soils at from £50 to £60 par acre. This is a great advance in a short- period, and indicates the fast developing prospcrityto the town and district. In this prosperity the firm has naturally shared. The old lease of the present premises having 'expired, tlio firm arranged to lease the offices m the new Dominion Show buildings, photographs of which are reproduced m this issue. The ;baek portion of the buildings will be, used for horse sales, an arrangement satisfactory to both parties, as by taking these new premises Messrs. Gillies and Nalder facilitated considerably the enterprise of the Winter Show Company. The firm have yards at Okcawa, Manaia, and Auroa, where regular sales are held, m addition to those at Haw'era. Dairy clearing sales are also conducted throughout the district, the firm possibly doing an exceedingly largo business m this respect, especially during certain seasons.

GROWTH OF THE TOWN. Tlio following statistical information, kindly supplied by the General Post Office, furnishes an excellent guide to the mniuici' in which Hawera has steadily progressed. It _\vill be noticed that the comparative figures used in showing the increase of mail matter handled covers a period of 17 years, only, whilst t-lio savings bank and money-order figures bridge a gap of 25 years, and the telegraphic a period of ten years only. The explanation of this is that the years quoted aro the earliest for which the records are held. Perhaps the most striking figures aro those showing the amount of. money deposited in the Savings Bank in ISSS and in 1909. That the sum could jump from under £5000 to £5-1,772 is surely the best of evidence that prosperity is no idle boast in heart of the garden of New Zealand. The figures are as l'ojlow:— MAIL MATTER AND REVENUE. 1802. 1009. Letters and post-cards posted 144,599 •198,823 Other articles posted... 82,963 186,524 Letters and post-cards delivered 115,730 521, CBO Other articles delivered 105,!G9 2(i1,81Q Postal revenue i 11,412 .£2,749 MONEY-ORDERS AND SAVINGS. ISSS. 1909. Amount. Amount. No. .E No. £ Money-orders issued 12.1G 11625 3786 IG,SIO Money-orders paid . 776 2COB 20GG 9,071 Savings Bank deposits 491 4919 4015 51,472 Savings Bank withdrawals 222 3331 1950 48,524

Messrs. G. and T. Hurrell, a front exterior view of whoso premises are reproduced in this issue, do most of tlio j two-wheeled manufacturing gig, trap, 1 and cart trade in Hawera district. Tik j business premises, which are on an c>. tensive scale, comprise show-room an. offices, miichino, smithy, ami pain, shops and varnish room. Hero arefseei. j all the requirements for carrying on i> ! big business. The show-room at present is a picture with' its sots of beau- j tifully-finished vehicles, chief of which ' the Dominion gig—n graceful piece of work with long wings and shafts. Gigs run more to long shafts in Hawera than any other town in New Zealand. The farmers, however, like tliem. They say tha>t they spell easy riding. Tho machine shop of tho firm is rcplote with tho latest kinds of laboursaving machinery, plaining, boxing, and boring machines, circular and bana saws, all run by gas engine power. Tho smithy shop is controlled bv electric power, and includes one of the latestpower hammers, which, worked simply by tlm foot-, saves hours of labour on the part of the stalf. The shop also includes a very fine drilling niaehinc. This firm present very busy turning out milk-wagons and carts for tho forthcoming season. Hawera goes in for what they term "milk-wagons:'— ■four-wheeled affairs built very solidly, fn some parts of the island these vehicles are termed brakes, although tho milk-wagon is somewhat heavier. Messrs. Hurrell Bros 1 ., who arc an offshoot of the well-known firm of Rouse and Hurrell, Wellington, find it necessary to have largo stocks of axles and springs, and a large quantity of their stock is indented. Tho firm lias undoubtedly one of the finest stacks of vehicles in the Taranaki district, and with the careful attention which is given to all patrons, and intending customers, it is not surprising that the business shows a continual "increase.

W. P. Ross, Photographer.