The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]
Wood Trade
Wood Trade.
Derby Brothers' Sash, Door, and Timber Factory, Cloton road, Stratford. This factory is a wood and iron building, and was erected in the year 1891. The machinery is driven by a twelve horse-power overshot water wheel, and the plant includes planing and morticing machines, two circular, and two cross-cut saw benches, a power morticer, tenon, moulding, sand-papering and boring machines, and a band saw. All kinds of joining, in addition to the manufacture of sashes, doors, mantels and other work, are undertaken. Ten persons are employed.
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Mr. S. G. Burgess.
The Taranaki Sawmillers' Co-Operative Association, Limited, has its head office in Broadway, Stratford, and was incorporated on the 31st of October, 1896. Directors for the year 1906: Messrs H. Brown and Co. (Inglewood and New Plymouth), G. Syme (Hawera), Twigg and Co. (Hawera), Derby Brothers (Toko and Stratford), and the New Plymouth Sash and Door Company (New Plymouth). The object of the company is to regulate the price of timber, and to attend to matters of mutual interest in connection with the sawmilling industry. Mr. W. Daveney is secretary.