Watties to invest
(N.Z. Press Association) HASTINGS, Sept. 9. Wattie Industries, Ltd, will make a “substantial” investment in the Union Steamship 1 Company. • After a board meeting in 1 Hastings, the chairman 1 (Sir James Wattie) said th« : group would participate, bul I would not say how mucl would be invested. “I think we ought to lei - the consortium know first,’ - Sir James Wattie said. - The decision to invest wai : made from a national point - of view. “Ours is a New Zealand 1 company, one of the largest s We bank on the export trade • and we can’t export without r ships to carry our products,’ he said.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32708, 10 September 1971, Page 6
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