MOTOR TYRES
Manufacture In Dominion (N.Z.P.AJ CHRISTCHURCH. Aug. 24. An appeal against the decision of the Bureau of Industry in granting licences to three overseas tyre and rubber companies for the manufacture in New Zealand of motor tyres is to be made by Mr G. W. Skellerup. representing the Latex. Marathon, Empire and Para Rubber Companies. This was announced to-day by Mr Skellerup, who said that he had no comment to make for the time being about the Bureau's decision. Mr G. P. Kells, manager of H. W. Pidgeon and Company Limited and the Goodrich Rubber Company Limited, advises that the licence granted to the Reid (N.Z.) Rubber Mills Limited for the manufacture of motor tyres in New Zealand is a joint licence in association with the Goodrich Rubber Company Limited and the H. W. Pidgeon Company. Limited. '[’he statement that his company had set itself a normal production programme of 500 tyres a day. as well as the necessary quantity of tubes, was made by Mr G. C. W. Reid, managingdirector of Reid (New Zealand’ Rubber Mills Limited when discussing the licences which had been granted to three companies for the manufacture of tyres in New Zealand. Mr Heid will leave New Zealand very soon to purchase the necessary plant and equipment and to make other arrangements to establish the factory on a sound footing. Mr Reid said that the receipt of the licence would mean a very considerable expansion in the company’s business and ultimately an increase in its capital. The company proposed to build a tyre factory on its existing property at Ellerslie, where it was also expected to transfer the present Penrose plant next year. “We have an arrangement with the B. F. Goodrich Company of America, one of the largest tyre and general rubber goods manufacturers in the world for the supply of technical data, assistance in the purchase and installation of a tyre and tube manufacturing plant, and also expert supervision in the training of New Zealand operatives.’’ said Mr Reid.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23288, 25 August 1945, Page 4
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337MOTOR TYRES Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23288, 25 August 1945, Page 4
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