Building Firm Extends
Among recent company registrations in the New Zealand mandated territory of Western Samoa was a branch of the large New Zealand building concern, Fletcher Construction' Company, Limited. The company will carry on building j aetivities in Samoa, as w.ell as es- | tablishing new in'dustrial enterPrises, including brick works. The economy of Samoa is particularly buoyant now and the demahd for building is keen. The company plans to use Samoan labour.- In spite of this, however, tne enterprise has met with an initial hurdle. A recent general mpeTm0" of Samoan representatives petitioned the Administration to prevent the establishment of the new company as 'Sa-moans do not want any new foreign eompanies in the Territory." The outcome of the ~ petition is not yet known. i
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 March 1948, Page 5
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126Building Firm Extends Chronicle (Levin), 13 March 1948, Page 5
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