Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Philips and Pike (Sydney Walter Philips and John Anderson Pike), Commission Merchants and Manufacturers Agents, National Mutual Buildings, Wellington. Telephone 631; P.O. Box 366. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Cable address, “Prompt, Wellington,” Code A.B.C. fourth edition and special. The firm was established in 1890, and transacts an indent business only throughout the Colony. The commercial management of Messrs. B Bell and Co.'s wax vesta business in New Zealand is entrusted to them and they act as sole selling brokers for the Colony. Among the special agencies held may be mentioned the following, which are sole agencies for New Zealand:–Taylor Bros., Limited, London, Cocoa and Chocolate Manufacturers; the Standard Oil Company of New York (lubricating oils); Sir John Power and Sons, Dublin, and Andrew McNab, Leith, whiskey; Williams, Brown and Co., San Francisco, Californian produce; J. Frossard and Co., Switzerland, cigars; Kirkpatrick, Barr, and Guthrie, chemical manufacturers, London and Glasgow; D. M. Feuerheerd Brothers and Co., Xerez and Oporto, port and sherry; Joshua Bros., Limited, Melbourne, Boomerang Australian brandy; Smith and Son, Adelaide, Yalumba Vineyards; James-Service and Co., Blogg Bros., of Melbourne. For Wellington District only:–Alcock and Co., billiard table manufacturers; and for the Colony, excluding Auckland, W. D. and H. O. Wills, Bristol, cigarettes and tobacco.