AIRDROME LIGHTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 847, 16 December 1929, Page 10

AIRDROME LIGHTING

ENGLISH MANUFACTURER’S VISIT OLD LIGHTHOUSE FIRM One of the principals of the only firm of lighthouse manufacturers in the British Empire is at present visiting Auckland. JJE is Mr. W. L. Chance, of Chance Bros., Birmingham, and his mission is to investigate New Zealand's requirements in the way of aerial lighting in which Chance Bros, are now specialising. The firm was established in 1524 by the grandfather of Mr. W. L. Chance, and was originally in the glass manufacturing trade onlj'. It has supplied New Zealaud with great quantities for many years, and one of its large contracts was for the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition of 1925-26 in Dunedin. “This is the first occasion on which a principal of our firm has visited New Zealand,” Mr. Chance told The Sun. “Manufacturers at Home are getting to know that they must come out and learn what is wanted. Therefore I am here to learn. “New Zealand Is always regarded as a quality market—more so than anywhere else. You want the best and are not content with anything but the best.” Mr. Chance added that his firm was the only one in the world that supplied entire lighthouses. Chance Bros. manufactured and installed everything but the actual brickwork of lighthouse towers. Nearly all the lights round the New Zealand costs were installed by the firm. “The market for lighthouses is never satiated,” he continued. “Sea routes and costal lighting are being improved all the time; for instance, we erected recently seven new lights in the Bahamas.” In England the firm is engaged extensively in the aerial lighting business, and hopes to include the rest of the Empire in its marketing areas.