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: —♦ SIR WM. LEVER COMING HERE. Sir William Levai - , head of tho firm of Lover Bros,, Port Sunlight, is coming 011 a visit to Now Zealand, and is dub hero in loss than throe months' time. Me is at present making a. tour of his seap factories iti tho East, and will visit Japan and the Solomon Islands beforo he arrives here in one of his uwii vessels —tho Kuiambanzr.i—aiiout thb„bQginning oi' January. Ho will be accompanied by his. son aiid a party from Home. liis main business in Wellington' will concern the • establishment of a largo soap factory at Petoiie-. Tho land for tho works, which will be fairly extensive, was purchased some time ago by his representatives, and is situated on tho west sido of tho railway line, just beyond I'etone. Tho works will probably include tlio establishment of a model village on the lines of Port Sunlight at tiome. s This, however, will bo decided after his arrival here. Tho establishment of such works will., of course, mean a good deal for Petoiie. Sir William Lever, who was last in this country about 1894, is a prominent identity m tho Old Country. Ho is a member of Parliament there, aiid is n keen advocate of profit-sharing in business.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1886, 22 October 1913, Page 6
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212INTERESTING VISITOR. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1886, 22 October 1913, Page 6
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