A NEW INDUSTRY
LARGE OTL AND CANNING WORKS
(BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
WELLINGTON, Sept. 18. An English oil company operating in New Zealand has secured an are/i of twenty-five acres at Miramar on which it is erecting a plant, including tanks for kerosene and motor spirit; also canning works and tin and box-making factories. The expenditure thereon will amount to £250,000 necessitating additional wharf accommodation, so that the total capital expenditure will probably reach £320,000. The whole of the firm’s New Zealand business will be handled from Wellington. The ,oil will be brought in large tank steamers, pumped into reservoirs at Miramar and then eased and boxed for distribution. About 400 hands will be employed when the business has been established to its full capacity^
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 September 1924, Page 5
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125A NEW INDUSTRY Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 September 1924, Page 5
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