BREWERY MERGER
AGREEMENT SIGNED. A POWERFUL CONCERN. (Per United Pr-ss Association). WELLINGTON. June 11. As the result of the recent movement for amalgamation of the brewery firms of the Dominion it was announced that the agreement has been signed and that the prospectus of the new company to be known as the New Zealand Breweries Limited is to be issued next week. The company merges the business of James Speight and Co., W. Strachan and Co., and McGavin and Co. of Dunedin; The Crown Brewery Co., Ward and Co., and S. Manning and Co. of Christchurch; J. Staples and Co., of Wellington; D. J. Barry of Gisborne; and the Lion Brewery and Hancock and Co., of Auckland. These firms represent 75 to 80 per cent, of the total manufacture of beer in the Dominion.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19230612.2.38
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 18965, 12 June 1923, Page 5
Word Count
134BREWERY MERGER Southland Times, Issue 18965, 12 June 1923, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in