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A Business and Social History Pf the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Riding Upon the Sheep's Back: A Business and Social History ( . pf the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company Limited \, 1878 -1978 A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in History in the University of Canterbury by T M. Seeker University of Canterbury 2001 ii ABSTRACT This thesis considers various aspects of both the business and social history of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company Limited. The history of the company along with its original mill in Kaiapoi, not only offers insight into one of New Zealand's most respected and successful woollen manufacturers, but also reveals its importance to the local, regional and national community. The main body is divided into two relevant sections: business and social. Section 1 presents an examination of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company's business practise while elements of enterprise history allow the company's management structure to be represented. The context in which woollen manufacturing was placed in New Zealand and how the company was situated within manufacturing associations is also studied. Section IT raises issues not examined within many business histories. Aspects of social history allow for the analysis of the company's gendered labour and recruitment policies. Indeed, within many manufactming histories representations of the female workforce and the conditions in which they worked has been given little attention. Nonetheless, the discipline of family history has allowed the opportunity to examine the effects of company paternalism on mill town families. The practise of benevolent control was followed vigorously by company management in order to maintain a secure labour force. Paternalistic policies such as pension schemes, welfare funds and mill hostels, reinforced worker allegiance to the company. The fact that many families remained worldng at the Kaiapoi mill for generations suggests that these paternal policies were successful. Indeed, oral interviews indicate that employee loyalty is still strongly felt despite the company's demise in 1978. 1 0 JUN Z002 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are many people whom I would like to thank. Firstly, those interviewed for freely giving up their time and allowing me to come into their homes and discuss issues which, to this day, remain close to their hearts. I would also like to thank, for their assistance and kind support when researching and writing this thesis, Pat Ward at the Kaiapoi Historical Museum, and the wonderful staff at the Macmillan Brown, Alexander Turnbull, Christchurch Public and Hocken Libraries. The staff at the Canterbury Museum and those who work at Archives New Zealand in both Wellington and Christchurch were also very obliging. I am grateful to both Melanie Nolan and Katie Pickles for each reading and then critiquing particular chapters, and to Philippa Mein-Smith for ldndly providing ideas on relative and important works. To Carole Acheson for her valued advice and treasured moments of hilarity goes much appreciation. I am indebted to my mother, Maureen, for her assistance when helping me find newspaper articles on microfilm and patiently hearing my complaints when, due to terrible copying, I could not read them. Finally, many thanks go to Dr Geoffrey Rice for his thoughtful guidance and constructive supervision. IV TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Page Abstract ii Acknowledgements iii List of Tables VI List of Figures and Illustrations vii Abbreviations ix Introduction Introduction 1 Literature Review 3 Commissioned Histories 4 Theses and Other Academic Work 5 Local Histories 7 Examples of the North American and Australian Woollen 8 and Textiles Industry Primary Sources 11 Structure 14 Section A Chapter One Introduction: Main Themes 17 Establishment of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing 20 Company Limited Advertising and Exhibitions 26 Technical Innovations and Expansion 34 Labour Processes and Labour Relations 42 Taxes and Tariffs 56 Chapter Two Introduction: Main Themes 60 Technical Innovations and Expansion 62 Advertising and Exhibitions 71 Labour Processes and Labour Relations 84 Taxes and Tariffs 90 Chapter Three Introduction 93 Disorganised Fronts 94 Organised Fronts 96 Tariffs 103 Competition for Staff 106 v Contents Page Section B Chapter Four Introduction 109 Immigration 111 Employee Accommodation and the YWCA 115 The Depression Era and the Gendered Division of Labour 122 Rooms of Opportunity 136 Chapter Five Introduction 141 Mill Town Families 142 Company Paternalism 150 Chapter Six 168 Conclusion 185 Glossary 190 Appendices I Products Manufactured by Each Textile 192 Mill in New Zealand (as of 1969) IT Chairmen and Directors of the 193 KWMCo, 1878-1942 ill Consent Form 194 IV Profits and Losses - Before Providing Dividend, 195 1883-1898 V Profits and Losses - After Providing Dividend, 196 1899-1913 VI Profits and Losses - 1914-1942 197 Bibliography 198 vi LIST OF TABLES Tables Page 1 Some of the Larger and More Successful Industrial, National 30 and International Exhibitions Known to have been Attended by the Company Between 1890-1915 2 Comparison Between New Zealand Log Rates and those Paid by 53 the KWMCo. 3 Mill Departments and Number of Motors 64 4 Company Cars and their Value 66 5 Financial Statement 73 6 Competing Imported Products 80 7 New Zealand Tariff Rates 104 8 Radley Mill Pay Rates for the Toe Joining Section, 1923 125 9 Radley Mill Wages for Inexperienced Females Workers, 1923 125 10 Kaiapoi Plant Full Staffed (Females), 1919 127 11 Employees at Kaiapoi Mill 31 March 1928 127 12 Deaths in Kaiapoi from the 1918 Influenza Epidemic 155 13 Accidents in the Woollen Mills for the Calendar Year, 1941 165 14 Principal Military Products Supplied by the KWMCo During the 170 Second World War vii LIST OF FIGURES AND ILLUSTRATIONS Figures Page I Number of New Hands Engaged in the Clothing Factory 49 During 1912 IIA Clothing Factory Employment Figures for 1912 50 II Number of New Hands Engaged in the Costume Factory 51 During 1912 IIA Costume Factory Employment Figures for 1912 52 III Length of Service for all Female Workers in the Clothing Factory, 134 1912 IV Length of Service for all Female Workers in the Costume Factory, 135 1912 List of Illustrations Illustrations 1 Original Chimney of the Kaiapoi Woollen Mill 29 2 Kaiapoi Rugs 32 3 Tree-top View of the Kaiapoi Woollen Mill in 1910 33 4 Elevation of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company's New Factory, 40 Manchester Street, Christchurch 5 Manchester Street, Christchurch 41 6 Men of the Mill 46 7 Manchester Street Factory, 1930 75 8 Kaiapoi Woollens Advertisement 77 9 Kaiapoi Rug Advertisement 78 10 I.H. Blackwell as Mayor of Kaiapoi in 1923 81 11 Wool Sorting at the Kaiapoi Woollen Mill 101 12 Warping Department at the Kaiapoi Woollen Mill 102 13 Willowbank 118 14 Sections of the Weaving Department at the Kaiapoi Mill 129 15 Kaiapoi Woollen Mill - Spinning Department 130 ix ABBREVIATIONS ATL Alexander Turnbull Library AJHRs Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives ANZ Archives New Zealand (Wellington) CM Canterbury Museum CPL Christchurch Public Library HL Hocken Library KHM Kaiapoi Historical Museum KPGT Kaiapoi Petone Group Textiles Limited KWMCo Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company Limited MB Macmillan Brown Library MD G.R.Macdonald Dictiol1my of Canterbury Biographies YWCA Young Women's Christian Association YMCA Young Men's Christian Association Introduction Introduction Introduction This comprehensive history of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company Limited in its social context grew out of an Honours History essay written in 1999. 1 While researching the essay it became obvious that there was a need for further study into the woollen industry, and in particular individual woollen manufacturers. Despite the obvious importance of sheep and wool in New Zealand's economy and exports, the historiography of this sector is surprisingly limited. While there appeared to be a plethora of business histories based on various companies throughout New Zealand, few were of woollen manufacturers and fewer still contained any social history necessary to bring forward marginal groups such as the working class and women. Business histories, often written by men on behalf of male dominated companies, generally had a specific focus looking at the business's successes and trials rather than taking into account the men and women who constituted the workforce. This thesis counters these one- sided views by concentrating on not only the business aspects of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company Limited, but the social ones as well. It is partly business history, partly social history, and partly enterprise history. Adopting multiple perspectives makes it possible to obtain a more comprehensive picture of the company's history. Many business histories concentrate on profits and losses and providing biographies of particular founding fathers, but ignore other vital aspects of the concern. While not ignoring the importance of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company's financial situation, business related themes such as labour relations, technological developments, advertising, and tax and tariff issues, are all included within this work. Under the umbrella of business history the first half of this thesis explores various elements, including aspects of enterprise history. According to McLean, Enterprise business is a critical examination of an individual company or organisation, with particular reference to the contribution made by its 1 History 436, Public and Applied History,
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