Schlaadt Bros . (Joseph Adolph Schlaadt and Henry Schlaadt), Engineers and Blacksmiths. Electricians and Manufacturers, Cumberland Street, Dunedin. Telephone, 557. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Private residence, Castle Street. Established in 1875 in Great King Street, this well-known firm continued on its original site till the necessity for larger premises compelled it to move. The building now occupied, which was completed in 1896, stands on the back portion of a freehold section a quarter of an acre in extent, and is built of brick, wood, and iron, the offices and showroom being in the front of the section. The workshop and engine and boiler house are well lighted by sky and side lights, and contain about 5000 square feet of floorage space. A twenty horse power boiler supplies steam for a large horizontal steam engine, made by the Canal Basin Foundry Company, of Glasgow. The plant includes four travelling lathes, three vertical borers, punching and shearing machines, emery wheels—some as large as three feet in diameter— hand punching machines, planing and polishing appliances, and two forges. Messrs. Schlaadt Bros. make a specialty of boot factory plant, turning out such articles as cutting presses, leather rollers, iron lasts, sole cutting knives, and heel and toe plates; they also do a large amount of work in the electrical engineering page 326 line. A very useful circular saw bench, with fret saw attachment for foot or hand power, or both combined, is made by the firm. It consists of a circular and scroll saw, the circular saw being the machine proper, with the scroll saw as an attachment, and it can be supplied with or without the latter, as may be preferred. This combination enables Messrs. Schlaadt Bros, to supply at much smaller cost than would be possible if made as separate machines. It is adaptable with its different combinations to the performance of a great variety of cabinet and general wood-work, and has already proved invaluable to large numbers who have invested in this class of machine. Both brothers are natives of Germany, the senior partner, Mr. J. A. Schlaadt, having been born in 1840, and Mr. Henry Schlaadt, four years later. After five years in Paris and a like period in London, during which he gained large experience, the elder brother came to New Zealand in 1875, and founded the present business. Mr. Henry Schlaadt also served his time to the trade, and after two years in the Army, serving through the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, he spent three years in Paris, and was then for four years in London, where he was engaged at the office of the “Times.” After coming to Port Chalmers in 1874, he worked at the Otago Foundry, Dunedin, for some time before joining his brother in the present business. He is connected with the German Club in Dunedin, in which he holds the office of president.