Skelton, Frostick and Co., Limited, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers and Importers, Leather and Grindery Merchants, Hereford Street, Christchurch. Directors: Messrs T. Skelton, J. A. Frostick, and R. Allan. The large importing and manufacturing business which was conducted for many years under the name of Lightband, Allan and Co., was acquired by the present proprietors in 1889. The firm are manufacturers of the celebrated “Zealandia” brand of boots. In 1895 they erected in Hereford Street a four-storey brick building which is claimed to be the largest boot factory in the Colony, and equipped with a most modern plant with a thirty-two horse-power Otto gas-engine. The firm employs 280 hands, and their business extends from Whangarei in the North Island to Riverton in the South, four travellers being engaged in visiting the various localities.