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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Nicol, John

Nicol, John, Plumber, Gasfitter, and Practical Sanitary Engineer, Buckle Street, Wellington. Telephone 594. Bankers, Union Bank of Australia. Mr. Nicol is a manufacturer of all kinds of dairy requisites, corrugated tanks, hot-water heaters, lead-headed nails, chimney cowls, circulation cylinders, copper h.p. boilers, heavy zinc baths, and all kinds of sheet metal work of a first-class quality. The hot-water heaters made by the firm are of a very effective construction, and designed for ordinary wood fuel; with a few sticks moderately dry, water can be heated for a bath at the rate of three gallons per minute up to 115 degrees. All descriptions of plumbers' and sanitary goods are kept in stock and supplied at reasonable rates. Special tradesmen are kept for all kinds of plumber's work, hot-water engineering, gasfitting, electric bell and electric light fitting, and sanitary work, including the drainage of private properties. The workmen in Mr. Nicol's employ hold certificates of proficiency, and are specially licensed by the City Corporation. All the work done by the firm is under the personal supervision of Mr. Nicol, who holds a first-class certificate from the City and Guilds of London Institute for the principles and practice of plumber's work. Drawing of the “Gem Self-lighting Gas Burner” Mr. Nicol also holds the agency for the patent “Gem Self-lighting Gas Burner,” which is a very ingenious arrangement by which a burner can be kept alight, although to the ordinary beholder it appears to be out. When the full flame is required the chain is drawn down, and the burner is “full on” immediately. “The Gem” is very popular and is selling readily. As a Rechabite, as a member of the Executive of the New Zealand Alliance, and in musical circles, Mr. Nicol is well known. He is greatly respected, and takes more than a passing interest in all matters of reform and public improvement.