Does Your Runner Call On You?

From time to time we receive complaints that the "Photo News" runners do not call on regular subscribers. We are, naturally, concerned that this should happen for the very good reason that a call missed is possibly a sale lost. As well, we know how eagerly each issue of "Photo News" is awaited and we wish to avoid disappointment. To aid us to overcome this problem of missed calls, we would ask regular subscribers whose homes are not called upon by runners, to contact us during office hours. Our phone number is 7574.

Mrs Joan Nalder checks the many colours and weights of cloths against those ordered for a Job (all cloth used is synthetic).

The cutting table, where Malcolm shapes the sails with a revolving heat blade and prepares them for seaming.

The sail, after seaming, is hand-stitched to a stainless steel luff wire.

Malcolm first hitches the luff wire to prevent the sail from sliding off the wire.

Big jobs are done on the floor (this sail is a 55-footer)

The main workbench with its battery of three heavyduty sewing machines and big benches for the massive sails they may have to hold.

George Dickson watches his seam carefully.

The final test before each sail leaves the workshop is a practical one. Each sail is taken outside and hoisted on a test mast where it is critically examined.

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The Nelson Photo News

No 65 : April 2, 1966

Does Your Runner Call On You?