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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 162, 16 January 1914, Page 3

PAPAKURA.

A PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS. A "Times" representative noticed extecsive additions going on to our local Sash ar.d Door Factory at Papakura, owned by Mr W. Richardson, one of the most progreisive men in the district. The writer forthwith wei.t to have a chat with him. Mr Richardson informed me tbat when on his trip to London he bought four new machines—one tenoning machine, one panel-planing machine, one roller-feed sandpaper machine. Mr Richardsm proceeded to say: "On my way home through Catiada 1 stopped a few days in Toronto and had a look through A. R. WilMams' machinery stores and saw ,a new kind of belt sandpapering machine that so .took my fancy that 1 bought it. It is the best machine I have ever seen to sandpaper doors with the grain. No more* papering acru9s the grain. These machines are just coming to hand and that is why you see theee extensive additions. The size of the factory now is 120 feet by 75 feet, so you see we are still progressing. But 1 might say that very shortly the firm will be known as Richardson Brothers. My sins managed the business so well during the six months that I was in London that I have every confidence in them taking over the business. As my four sons have been with me all their lives they have a good knowledge ot machinery, aud you may expect to see double the men employed here in a very short time. "Do you employ a traveller?" asked the pressman. "No," was the reply, "we let our work "travel" for itself. Whec a customer comes to us once ha always comes back again. You want to know what lam going to do? Well, I have a lot of sections in Papakura so I am thinking of building another -block of shops and some dwelling houses as there is a great demand for houses here. 1 intend to go to London again in 1915 to buy more machinery for my sons, so you see 1 shall still be progressing." "1 wish we had a lew more men like you in the district," said the reporter. "1 am pleased to see the success of your paper, the 'Pukekohe and Waiuku Timfs,' " said Mr Richardson. "It lets all of ua country people hear all about Road and Town Board matters." With these mutual compliments and congratulations we parted.