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Southland Times, Issue 21361, 6 April 1931, Page 2

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A NEW ZEALAND CARLSBERG. PRODUCTION OF LAGER BEER. The recent visit to New Zealand of Mr J. P. Spangenberg, consulting brewers’ engineer to the Carlsberg Breweries, Copenhagen, Denmark, at the invitation of the newly formed Lager Breweries (N.Z.) Ltd., has made possible the establishment of another large industrial concern in Auckland, capable of employing a large staff of men with an annual wages bill of no less than £lO,OOO per annum. During the course of his investigations carried out for the purpose of determining the suitability of New Zealand water for the making of genuine Lager beer of low alcoholic content, Mr Spangenberg found the water on Pigeon Mountain, Pakuranga to be exactly the same as the water used in the famous Carlsberg Brewery at Copenhagen where the world-famous Lager is made. Mr Spangenberg has been a brewer’s consulting engineer for the past 30 years, and his experience in the industry has covered the superintending of lager breweries in places as far apart as Iceland and Chile, consequently his advice represents the most expert available. His statement, coupled with the fact tha: there is undoubtedly a growing demand for beer of low alcoholic content, influenced the company in establishing a brewery to specialize in the production of Lager Beer. RAW MATERIALS. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, April 4. Friday’s closing prices for the following raw materials were as follows, those cabled the previous week also being given in parentheses for purposes of comparison:— t Cotton: May 5.65 d (5.73 d Rubber: Para 4ld (4jd); plantation smoked 30d (3 7-16 d). Jute: April-May £l5 7/6 (£l5 15/-). Hemp: March-April nominally £2O 10/(none offering). Copra: April South Sea 14Jd (144 d ; plantation Rabaul 14§d (14§d). Linseed Oil: £lB 10/- per ton (£lB 10/-). Turpentine: 41/6 per cwt. (41/3). MEAT QUOTATIONS. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, April 4. New Zealand Sheep: Ewes under 48, 3ld; 651 b to 721 b, 2id. New Zealand Lambs: Canterbury, 361 b and under, 6|d; 371 b to 421 b 63d; selected North Island brands, including Downs, 361 b and under, 37lb to 421b.7§d; 431 b to 501 b 61d; other North Island brands, first quality, 361 b and under, s§d; 371 b to 421 b 5Jd. Australian Lambs: Victorian, first quality, 361 b and under, 4?d; 371 b to 421 b 4Jd. Argentine Chilled Beef: Ox fores, 1601 b to 2001 b, 2£d; others unchanged. WHEAT CONFERENCE. RUSSIANS CONDEMN REPORTS. Rome, April 3. The Russians did not allow the Wheat Conference to end in harmony, as they condemned all the committee reports and thereafter Professor Kritzmann assailed the organization of the conference.