NEW ZEALAND MANUFACTURES IN MELBOURNE.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2380, 2 November 1880, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND MANUFACTURES IN MELBOURNE.

Of all the exhibits in the New Zealand court at the Exhibition (says the Melbourne Daily Telegraph), the most extensive, and the one which best represents a local industry in that Colony is that of Messrs A. and T. Burt, the well-known brassfounders of Dunedin. This firm is one of the oldest in Otago, and they have risen from a very small beginning to one of the largest employers of labor in the Colony. Their works are situated in Cumberland and Stuart streets, and besides brassware, they are largely engaged in the manufacture of lead piping and of bronze chandeliers. Owing to the limited area of the New Zealand court, all the exhibitors suffer, and Messrs Burt are among those who are restricted as to space. Their exhibits include plumbers and engineers’ brasswork, various patterns in forcepumps, a brewer’s refrigerator, corking machines, lead and composition pipes, an improved water-engine, several patterns in gasaliers, billiard lights, gas brackets, and two handsomely-finished marble-top washstands for lavatories. The manner in which the brasswork is turned out of hand is quite equal to anything shown in the Exhibition, either Australian, or from Home, and, if we are not mistaken, Australian exhibitors will have to look to their laurels when the jurors go round to pronounce their decision. The specimens of leadwork cannot be excelled, and they vary in size from a quarter of an inch to six inches in diameter. The chandeliers made by the firm are of excellent workmanship and chaste design. Alive-light gasalier in what is known as the Maori pattern is a beautiful article in its way. It is purely characteristic of New Zealand, the chief features being ferns and Maori figures. They also show a row of gaslittings, with brackets suitable for long shops, and they have a light appearance, which is a striking contrast to the heavy looking fittings one sees in our drapery establishments. In brewers’ work the firm make a good display, varying from the corking and bottling machines to a large beer refrigerator. The exhibits are most creditable to Messrs A. and T. Burt, and they are such as residents in New Zealand may justly be proud of.