The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
Parker, Lamb. and Co
Parker, Lamb. and Co. (William Johnson Parker and James Alexander Lamb), Timber Merchants and Mill Owners, Customs Street West, Auckland. Telephone 826. Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand. This firm succeeded the late Messrs Combes, Hazard and Co., early in 1898, but the senior partner, Mr. Parker, has been identified with the mercantile growth of Auckland since boyhood, and Mr. Lamb was formerly in the timber business at the railway wharf for four years. The mill possesses the latest and most improved machinery, and is capable of turning out 70,000 feet per week. The firm employs twenty-five men at the mill, besides bush hands working at Waikawa, Coromandel, and Ngunguru, and its business connections extend to England and Australia.