THE YOULA WOOLS COMPANY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9080, 2 May 1908, Page 6

THE YOULA WOOLS COMPANY.

A NEW LOCAL INDUSTRY. With considerable enterprise the Youla Wools Company of New Zealand have established a branch of their business in Masterton. The site chosen for the works is near the railway station at Kuripuni, and a fine three-storey building, which is now complete, contains the up-to-date plant for the treatment of dirty wools and wastes. The industry is one that has long been wanted, and judging by the interest manifested in it by eettlers of the Wairarapa, a successful future should be in store for it. The process is what is known as the "dry process," which is the latest method known for the treatment of wools and wastes. The building has been specially designed for the new industry. The bales are taken in at the top storey, treated on the second floor, and the ground floor is used for storing, dumping, and packing of the clean wool. A speciality is made of the treatment of dags, Hutawai and burry wools. In the past they have been practically a waste product, but with the establishment of the mills they will be able to be converted into a source of revenue for the farmer. Besides being close to the railway station, the works are centrally situated as far as the Wairarapa is concerned. A feature of the installation is one of the celebrated Tangye suction gas engines and producer plant, which has been installed by the well-known firm of Messrs John Chambers and Son, Ltd., of Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin, who have at present upwards of fifty of these plants at work in the dominion of various sizes up to 150 h.p. Ihe engine used it: this installation is capable of developing 25 b.h.p. at ordinary speed, and is without doubt one of the most economical instal lations that can be made, as the cost per b.h.p. per hour will not be in excess of lbs of coke. We understand that Messrs John Chambers and Sons, Ltd., have recently installed nearly 400 h.p. for the A. and L. Seifert Flax Dressing Company in their large mill at Maranui, near Shannon, with very great satisfaction to the owners, both as to economy and efficiency. In addition to numbers of other orders recently placed with them, they have also received contracts to supply this form of power for the Hamilton Borough Council pumping plant, Onehunga Borough Council pumping plant, Wanagnui electrical tramway power plant and others. The erection of the engine and producer plant was carried out under the supervision of Mr A. T. Bailey, one of the experts at present in the dominion, for Messrs Tangye's, Ltd., shops, and who has had charge of the erection of nearly all of their plants in the Wellington district. Mr C. G. Monro was architect for the building, and the building contract was carried out by Mr R. Rigg.