When Sophia Managed A Lime Kiln

NZ Truth, Issue 1103, 20 January 1927, Page 4

When Sophia Managed A Lime Kiln

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But Sophia and her sister did their work thoroughly, with the result that to-day a £35,000 company, the McDonald Oamaru Lime Company, Ltd., operates a new deposit at Kakanui. >• When he started, McDonald had only one kiln and employed but one or two men. To-day there are four kilns and 30 employees, and lime Is distributed throughout both islands for building and fellmongering purposes. Before her death, Sophia was on the directorate of the company, and her sister is still one of the directors. The venture represents a triumph for women m industry.