Crompton, Thomas, Galvanised and General Sheet Iron Worker, Galvanising Works, 212 Tuam Street. Mr. Crompton is a native of Yorkshire, England, which he left for the Colonies in the fifties. He remained five years in Melbourne, and after three years in Queensland, arrived in New Zealand in 1864. He claims to have been the first to start the galvanised iron trade in the Colony, establishing himself in business in 1869. All the latest machinery is in use on the premises in the production of galvanised spouting and ridging as well as tanks, colonial ovens, and other requirements of the building trade. The works cover a floor space of 4680 square feet.