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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Ireland Bros

Ireland Bros. (George Tarbutt, manager), Tanners, Fellmongers, etc. Head office, Vulcan Lane, Auckland; Tannery and Works, Panmure. P.O. Box 228. Telephones—Office 171; Works 172. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Few Auckland firms are better known than that of Messrs Ireland Bros. The business was established nearly forty years ago by Messrs Barton Ireland and George Ireland, and at a later date they were joined by their brother, Mr. Frederick Ireland. The offices and warehouse occupy a prominent site in Vulcan Lane, on a portion of which, in the early forties, stood the forge, which gained for the thoroughfare its present name. A splendid stock of all kinds of leathers from the tannery, and of saddlers' and bootmakers' machinery, English and foreign leathers, saddlery, saddlers' ironmongery, boot uppers, and grindery, mill belting, suction and delivery hose is kept on the premises. The works at Panmure are the finest of their kind in New Zealand. All the original members of the firm are dead, and the property is now in the possession of Mr. George Ireland, whose beautiful home forms part of the estate at Panmure. Mr. Barton Ireland died in 1884, Mr. George Ireland in 1890, and Mr. Frederick Ireland, who left the firm in 1890 for Palmerston North, died there in 1894.