STRATFORD’S PROGRESS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 13, 20 May 1913, Page 2

STRATFORD’S PROGRESS.

MR NEWTON KING’S NEW BUILDINGS.

Among theelatest evidences of Stratford’s steadily increasing commercial activity is the splendid machinery, implement and motor depot, recently erected by Mr Newton King. Speaking generally,'- the local business people are fully alive to tho possibilities m the district, and probably no .firpi caters more comprehensively for the requirements of the farming community than the establishment of Mr King. Certainly it ,is rernarkaMo the stride' tho business has made - during the :. so twenty years. Nbf '.'thd' least imp -’dant factor co ntributing .tcf.fbe I sucfc'-s of the-firm is the 'enormous budimss conducted in farm machim n and implements. Realising t|ie everincreasing demand in this direction, the linn has for years car- full; studied the local < opditip.ps, the most suitable -lines, so-that-.now the stocks , carried comprise the.-ful-. lest range of all Classes of farm la-bour-saving appliances. Onr reporter called this monringy ami was fortunate enough to find Mr H. E-. Abraham, the firm’s Stratford manager, on the premises, and he readily -explained that to cope with the l apidly increasing machinery . business, ’Mr Iting had found it necessary to acquire the .section, and constniet-dho-building. -above, alluded toji*nd -which - isd-imposingly situated next to the National-dßattk-op bjtmton Street, greatly- adding- to | thermppear.tnce of-that-part of the j town. Probably there ds;i . ho befaKeen Auckland and Wellingtoib^Mv.' Ashton, who has charge' of - tho mgI <"bincry department,, kindly tv show .the writer over the prerais^dnid* explained’ things asT“they"' went? 7. glancing through: - the "’sjmtious; show* j room, the leave nothing “to be desired. The Midd milking machine and milk, conveyor^ - which is evemvheTo-giving Such •satis l " '-faction, is very well demonstrated,-be-,‘ing erected- as-.in--4i-.TOodelZ.caW37ied-.. conveyor, where- large-■ herds- are -milked, undoubtedly must bo~n gred't s labour-saver, the principal fiffijftp.be: -kig-that itican be erected tin-'any l shed. Without consideration of position of milk stand’, of without-’regard to- ele"VhtibW Onej side of the • room - ■ isfitted wijbh shaftipg^aMi^thferfeiWivM^ i by a • • WaW. kerosene - ' amT 'jTXSfeT "benzine of \ ’ 'wftiqfif 14- ■. yf kU-vv-Jam is agent fife HUS| | spacp |hn4 "been left-tv-ruh sW-hehch-,- chaffcutter, separator, * or any" other"may .chine that a cliont may-.ydsli,.,to see ,jn actual work befhfe’buying.' As soon asjho plafrt J Cotnes‘to bahtl, u Lister machines are to Jje greeted. Tm£' thorough, the whole of this has been erected, certainly reffectb iiciiciilvt on Mr Oliver, the fhmVe:x-per L

fitter, who lias had niany'years "e:-: poi'ri'Gnce . with machinery. .-.: The balance of the.,flop 1 ,; -ei>aee--is taken up witk*i»»;3isplay *'df • .pTciughs, harrows*-vlrilla,. fcultivators, .scoom- and 'other -lines,. all manufactured hy Messrs. P, T>. JDuncan lor-whom the fim'TVTa'ranahijigeni“ Ont'-representative wVs informed tha+ Sirring has held-tbis-agency for-the years. \By the increased and theTiigb’duality of .the' goods ytfjgjSßdd, he is satisfied that the 9. and Q.-DuncaoJmplements nue above the average., - ,As soon as. Shiphjgnt,arrives there, will bo jj .l&r^..-e'dhL)it..ot^l I b.. v -efl-^ liu 'vi: j Mc.&‘i?ra.:hrk and Reeling haivesting ma ; efij nery. sucli us mowers, hay-rakes, hay-sheeps, hay-stackers, and haytedders. The sample hay-tedder at 1 present on view seems tp. he. a, very Simple and effective maohiae, -and better known it must, in-th-is uncertain climate, come iirto-' -morfj general use. Thera, is als&*dwWiawchi no quite nevW torthe-distr,Bt T gamely, a itro 'distributoredOiis. should .strongly appeah the farmer, in view of the fact that there, ,js more and more top-dressing being doneaevery ySar, sd.mpch so that be-■ , ioi’Q -long a jTj£) ( ?i i , i ne pf , this descripwill he ms indispenAble as a .plough. A glance at the machine .coityjoces one that it is a distributor' .specially built for that purpose, the principle'-’being-'-that it scatters the manure in 's'omen'hat similar .•to. the local' water-cart. Besides the .■above-mentioned lines, iherp is on *s.ho\v AindmillSi water-pumps, separr. Tors, lawn mowers,, grindstones, v. oolpresses, garden seats, saws,"and- other 'small lines, immediately behind the 'show room is the bulk" “store, where The different machines and implements ' are built before being brought forward to the show-room. Right down' one

side the space is occupied with rows of carrying extras and spare parts for all lines of implements and engines for which the firm is agent. Mr Ashton stated that the firm fully recognises that the carrying of complete stocks of repair parts -is the haok-hono oT any" machinery business. ■lt ►eof-tainly a grout factor in- helping sales whep a client knows that at very short notice he can replace a broken casting or damaged Part. A visit was next, paid to - .. - I*o'The ' This is indeed a splendid* place for the. car business. It has » -frontage of 45 feet, is 90 feet deep, concrete floor, r and most conveniently lighted throughout. In one corner there is-a-i !ru-ge workshop. It is the firm’s in-1 t cntion ' to * fit it with ‘dim l latest 'jnh(ihip.ery, and haying obtained the se.r-j vices of a thoroughly experienced chanic, they will be in a posi-

tioji to do their own repairs without loss of time? It might be mentioned here that the firm has accepted the Taranaki Agency for Michelin tyres, for which purpose they have had erected a special room for . tyres and other • rubber goods. Further, 1 there is a big display of ail classes of oils, greases, and lubricants for any machinery. There we found 'Mr Do". Cameron, the firm’s head -traveller, just leaving the premises in a very pretty model of the latest Calthorpe -cafrj and -on enquiry found'that lie had dispo ed of two during the week, oneof v Inch he was about to deliver. Probably no motor firm has, during the last two years, so greatly improved its cars than has the Calthorpe Co.- Mr Abraham remarked that ho 'has, during the last five years, driven‘ and Vide -a ; n . great number of different ’makes of oars, and for local conditionfehe knows of n‘6 oar more suitable than the latest Calthorpe. The test given by the firm in their qwn work is certainly severe enough to convince the moss, sceptical. 1 This -garage, with its attendant mechanic who is thoroughly ■well versed in; the detail construction of cars generally* and whose services are placed at the disposal of buyers, should be a great factop in. helping, probable Calthorpe buyers to make up their minds that it is the car they need. Mr Newton.. King iscon-. ; J?ratuhned on the forward step taken: .that Hie great, business done-by, him ..ip Stratford and district warranted "this step-iS’Cerfaim, atid that MfKing 'has faith in the future of Taranaki, is., assured; „ . .