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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Brown, Walter

Brown, Walter, Engineer, Dairy Engineer, and Importer of Machinery, Featherston Street, Wellington. Telephone 253. Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand. Private residence, Oriental Bay. Mr. Walter Brown established his business as an importer of all kinds of machinery in 1884. For a good part of that time his premises were in Farish Street, but for the last few years he has been more centrally situated as above. The building is of wood and iron and is very suitable for the style of business carried on. The floor space is 2400 square feet. Mr. Brown is a direct importer of all kinds of machinery, light and heavy, his special lines being engines, boilers, engineers' lathes, and similar tools and appliances, mill gearing, flax milling machinery, and dairy machinery. The agencies held by Mr. Brown include wrought iron pulleys and Egan's woodworking machinery. Mr. Brown is a native of Lancashire, and was apprenticed to Messrs. Platt Bros, of Oldham. He was subsequent'y in business on his own account in Manchester. In 1884 he came to New Zealand, per ship “Lady Jocelyn” from London, and entered into business in Wellington immediately on arrival. The wrought iron pulleys for which he is agent are of course very much safer than pulleys of cast iron, and it is therefore satisfactory to know that the latter are being rapidly replaced by the former. In flax milling and dairying machinery Mr. Brown has had much experience, and anyone about to embark in either of these industries would do well to give him a call. (N.B.—Mr. Brown died suddenly on June 17, 1896).