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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Smith And Smith

Smith And Smith (Harry Tom and Eden William Smith), Sawmillers, Tuam Street, Christchurch. This business was established in 1892, and has since then been conducted continuously by the present proprietors as a general sawing, moulding, and planing mill. The motive power is steam, which is supplied by two large multitubular high-pressure boilers; the engines are of the compound condensing type, and develop about one hundred horse-power. Nothing is wanting in the plant, which consists of planing, moulding, and sawing machinery of the latest and most suitable description. The ground floor covers a space of 18,620 feet, and the buildings, which are lighted throughout by the electric light, are commodious and fitted with suitable and modern improvements. The proprietors of the business are both practical and experienced men. The senior partner, Mr. H. T. Smith, arrived in the colony from London in 1883, but Mr. E. W. Smith had come out seven years previously, having arrived from Ireland in 1876. Mr. H. T. Smith is an engineer, while his partner is a machinist by trade, and their long experience and personal supervision are guarantees that work at the mills is done in a thoroughly up-to-date style.