PURIFYING OILS.

Mataura Ensign, 19 March 1913, Page 5

PURIFYING OILS.

AN INTERESTING CASE. | | Kf ELEOI'EIO TKi'iEGBAPH. —OOI'TVIGHI I PER UNITED PKESS ASSOCIATION. i : Received March 19. 12.30 p.m. LONDON, March 18. j Brunner and Mond's application to j liever Bros, from using applicants' process for purifying oils has . been dismissed. Defendants admitted .th; l .l the process was worth a quarter of million a year, but they claimed ; prior knowledge, invalidating the I ... | ihe London 'Observer' stated la.st month that a struggle was imminent in the soap trade between Lever Bros., Ltd.. the proprietors of tho great Sunlight works, and Brunner, Mond and Co.. Ltd., the alkali manufacturers, liever Bros, are launching out in new directions in regard to raw materials, and Brunner, Mond and Co. are invad- ; ing the manufacturing line through . their interest in Crosfield and Sons, i which they purchased in 1911. Lever Bros, have a capital of ,CI.SOO,(XX>, Brunner, Mond and Co. one of about £2,750,000, and Croslield and Co. one of £510,000. I i !