The New Plymouth Gas Company, Limited, has its headquarters in Brougham Street, and its works at the corner of Molesworth Street and Gill Street. Directors: Messrs A. Shuttleworth (chairman), W. L. Newman, A. M. Thomson, E. Dockrill, and T. Furlong. Mr. C. Rennell acts as secretary. The capital of the company in £20,000 in 2000 shares paid up to £5, and a second issue of 2000 shares paid up to £4. The company has paid dividends from its inception. An area of three-quarters of an acre is occupied by the works, and the plant consists of two holders, capable of containing 46,000 cubic feet of gas. There are twenty-one retorts, besides purifiers. Fifteen miles of mains are laid throughout New Plymouth and suburbs, and there are 1000 consumers. The average price of gas is 7s per 1000 feet.

Hasell, Alfred Spearpoint, Manufacturer of Tents, Tarpaulins, Horse Covers, and Oilskins, Devon Street, New Plymouth. This business was established in the year 1898. The premises include a shop, an office, and two large workrooms, and a large flat for drying. Five persons are employed. Mr. Hasell was born in Croydon, Surrey, England, in the year 1872. He came with his parents to page 113 New Zealand, and was educated at the Normal School, Christchurch. He was subsequently for four years in the saddlery department of Mason Struthers and Company, and, later on, was with Mr. John Trist, Cashel Street, Christchurch, for thirteen years. He then removed to New Plymouth, and started business on his own account. Mr. Hasell was connected with Christchurch cricket clubs for many years, and was a representative player in several interprovincial matches. He married a daughter of the late Mr. Philipson, chemist, of Auckland, in 1902, and has one son, and one daughter. Mrs Hasell was for some years head nurse at Wanganui Hospital.