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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Cycle And General Engineers

Cycle And General Engineers.

Barlow and Company (Edwin Barlow) Cycle and General Engineers, behind Messrs Mark Sprot and Co.'s Auction Room, Mackay Street, Greymouth. This business was acquired by the firm of Barlow and Company in the year 1904. There is a suitable plant for repairing cycles, sewing machines, locks, guns, and all kinds of fine work. Machines are chiefly built from Birmingham Small Arms parts. Messrs Barlow and Co. are agents for the “Rex” machine, from Messrs Inglis Bros., of Wellington, and for the “English Premier,” from Mr. Clarke, of Palmerston North. Mr. Barlow was born in the year 1867, in Worcestershire, England, where he was educated, and learned engineering. He came to New Zealand in 1883, and landed in Wellington from the ship “Wanganui.” Mr. Barlow settled in Christchurch, where he was chief engineer for the “Lyttelton Times” Company for over seventeen years. He subsequently removed to the West page 574 Coast, and was employed as engineer, successively, on the Orwell Creek, Ericson's Reward, and Stony Mosquito dredges. Mr. Barlow afterwards worked for some time in the railway workshops, and later in the Dispatch Foundry. He acquired his present business in 1904. As a Forester, Mr. Barlow is a member of Court Star of Canterbury, was a member of St. Michael's choir, Christchurch, for fourteen years, and has been a member of the Holy Trinity Church choir, Greymouth, since 1903. He was also one of the founders of the Christchurch Sailing Club, of which he was commodore and treasurer for four years. Mr. Barlow married a daughter of Mr. A. J. Shaw, of Greymouth, in the year 1885.

Schultze, Albert, Cycle Engineer, Tainui Street, Greymouth. This business was established in the year 1901, and is conducted in a wood and iron building, which contains a shop with a verandah, a repairing and building shop, and an enamelling room with nickel bath, and complete appliances for the trade. “The Greymouth Special,” from Birmingham Small Arms parts, is the name of the machine built on the premises.

Mr. Schultze was born in the year 1870, in Berlin, Germany, where he was educated and learned engineering. In October, 1890, he arrived in Melbourne, Australia, and was for eight years in the cycle trade for various firms; and then he came to New Zealand to take charge of the Greymouth branch of the firm of Massey-Harris cycle manufacturers. Two years and a-half later, Mr. Schultze resigned his position, and found employment as a fitter in the Government railway workshops. He afterwards started business on his own account in the year 1903. Mr. Schultze is a member of the Greymouth Boxing Club. He married a daughter of the late Mr. Goold, of Victoria, on the 5th of March, 1894, and has three sons and two daughters.

Williams, David, Engine Smith, Boundary Street, Greymouth. This business has been conducted since September, 1904, by Mr. Williams, who was born in Wales, England, in the year 1842. He was educated near London, where he learned his trade. Mr. Williams went to Australia in 1867, and was for about twelve years in Castlemaine, where he was in partnership with his father. He came to New Zealand in 1879, and settled on the West Coast. Mr. Williams was for five years at Ross, and afterwards went to Hokitika, where he was contractor for iron work on the wharf. He subsequently established himself in business in Kumara, where he was for a number of years, and, later, worked for various mining companies at Reefton. Mr. Williams then removed to Westport, where he started business on his own account, and in the year 1899, settled in Greymouth. He was employed for two years in the Dispatch Foundry, and worked on the railway line for the Public Works Department, for about eighteen months. Mr. Williams married the daughter of the late Mr. Fletcher, of Launceston, in 1872. Mrs Williams died in 1890, leaving two daughters and one son.