Hello ODK history lovers
HJ Ryan Limited of 26 St. Paul Street, Auckland and
May Road, Mount Roskill, made reel mowers from
the mid-1940s, and rotary mowers from the 1950s.

A largely un-recognised NZ mower manufacturer, they
commenced business in 1919. Ryan also made grinders
and polishing buffs, heel tips and toe plates [for shoes],
small tools and dies, and metal stampings and pressings.

They made a range of push scooters under the Ryco brand.

This article discusses Ryan’s Speediecut reel mowers.
These were made as domestic 16-inch and 20-inch petrol
mowers, and as an 18-inch electric bowling greens mower.

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