No Early Decision On Mill Building
(From Our Own Reporter) WELLINGTON, February 18. It will be a week or more before a decision will be made on whether Standard-Triumph (N.Z.), Ltd., will take over the Nelson cotton mill building as an assembly plant.
The statement to be made from Auckland tomorrow night by the managingdirector (Mr J. Tatham) is not expected to contain the final answer.
“You must understand that we are acting as subsidiaries for the United Kingdom firm,” said the chairman of directors (Sir Leonard Isitt) tonight. “Nelson and several other places are under consideration. We shall make our recommendations to the United Kingdom, and until a decision is made there, we cannot say more.” Sir Leonard Isitt made his comments after a conference
this afternoon at Wellington airport. Much of the discussion today centred about the lack of regular shipments to Nelson, though it was pointed out that Nelson, as a deepwater port, could be worked more frequently if the project was. established there. Pressing the claims of Nelson in Wellington today were its Mayor (Mr D. N. Strawbridge) and . town clerk (Mr W. E. McCullough). Escorted by the local member (Mr S. A. Whitehead) they saw the Minister of Industries and Commerce (Mr Marshall).
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30369, 19 February 1964, Page 16
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