Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Taylor And Company (Walter Taylor and Charles Alfred Wallis), Fellmongers and Woolscourers, Myross Bush. These large works were established in 1895, and the business has been conducted by the present proprietors since 1898. The land comprises two acres of freehold, and there are buildings of wood and iron. The drying-shed contains three floors each 140 by 30 feet, and the pelt shed is 30 by 40 feet. There are departments for drying, pulling, curing, scouring, together with lime and engine sheds, stables and offices. The engine is of eight horse-power, supplied from a high pressure boiler, and there is a hydro-extractor and also a centrifugal pump for lifting water, of which there is an ample supply, to all parts of the works. About 80,000 skins and 1,500 bales of wool are treated at the works yearly.