IMPORTANT AMALGAMATION.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 98, 27 April 1922, Page 9

IMPORTANT AMALGAMATION.

CONDENSED <MILK FIRMS. (By Teiegnjph.—Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. It came as a great surprise to merc ants to learn that as from to-day N : stle and the Anglo-Swiss Condensed A Ik (Australasia). Lfcd., would undertime the sole selling business of New Zealand milk products of the company better known as the Highlander Milk Company. For many years past there had been keen competition in New Zea-lan-l between locally-made condensed Bii '. and the imported article. Thie is jw a thing of the past. The HighIv.r .er Company will continue to buy I. • from the Southland daily fanners condense it. iNestle and Company ta.ke over the maniif&ctured article, . ■io all the local export trade. The Lender condensed milk enterprise | ■ '•oppnie one of tlie staple industries i : ew Zealand, and that of purely New ■land -origin. lt has a large overseas . Tade. It tegan in North in quite a small way, and afterwards bought out the UnderwoodMilk Supply Company, of Invertargill, and also the plant of a small condensing concern at Sentry Hill, Taranaki. The. frrm of W. T. 'SOurray, as it Svas thenl knoijrn, opened in Australia ? and this, business waa suhsequently known as Australian ililk Piodncts, Ltd. It was purchased 'by the New Zealand JQlk Pror ducts, Ltd., which will continue,to manufacture as before at Invercargill. The Wellington manager of tie company, Mr. is\ ~W. Viekennan, has been appointed to a similar capacity for Nestle and Company, which takes over the -whole of the fiew Zealand distributing staff of the, IJew Zealand Products Comjiany.