Many thanks to Graeme How, from New Zealand for sending in this illustrated article.
Machinery In The Modern Printing Plant of the ‘Northland Age’ –
TOP left: The Klischograph Photo Engraving Machine. This machine played a big
part in the engraving of blocks for this magazine. Right: The Leitz Enlarger in our
modern photographic department. LOWER right: 2 typesetting machines. Left:
The thirteen and a half ton Cossar printing machine on which the Northland Age is
printed twice weekly. BOTTOM left: One of our Heidelberg letterpress machines
used for the many printing jobs required in your business – letterheads,
statements, docket books, wedding invites, catalogues etc.
Top left: Trimming paper on the guillotine. Top right: Keeping the accounts straight.
Centre: The Linotype machines. Bottom left: A printing machine for small work.
Bottom right: The machine which prints ‘The Northlander.’
Left Panel reads: We Are Printers of Everything. Right Panel: Let The News Do That Next Job.
Centre Panel:
“The News” Printing Department has the machines, and men to look after all your
printing requirements. It costs nothing to get a quote.
NEWS LTD
Box 1 KAIKOHE Phone 321
“The Northlander” was printed in Kaikohe by “The News”