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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 293, 6 September 1919, Page 3

The Glenbrook & Mildura Orchard & Fruit Distribu'if j ting Company, Limited. I (To be Incorporated under u The Companies' Act, 1908/' I and its Amendments), Ej I INTERIM OFFICE :-HARDY STREET, NELSON. | j Authorised Capital - £50,000 » Divided into 10,000 shares of £5 each, { Two of the Principal Objects of the Company are j (I) To acquire two very fine orchard pro- | perties in the Nelson Fruit Growing District j known as the Glenbrook Orchard, Stoke, and j the Mildura Orchard, Upper Moutere, compris- | ing 685 acres, 254 of which are planted with | some 40,000 high-grade fruit trees. There are j also planted on the property 25,000 Pinus I Insignis (future case timber). | (2) To open a semi-wholesale establishment | in a central position in Wellington with a view j to supplying and delivering fresh fruit daily from j the orchards of Nelson direct to the public of this j city and suburbs at wholesale rates. ' I' * S The Company anticipate that they will be able to distribute | 50,000 Cases of High-grade Apples in | ' Wellington and Suburban Districts. . I - next and at the same time maintain a steady trade J. ' with other parts of New Zealand, I The Company hope to be able to render a great .service to | the consumer and also to provide a profitable investment to I its shareholders. It will have the following great advantages j over the ordinary successful fruitgrower I (a) It will have its own bush and sawmill plant, which will enable the 1 Company to provide cases and building timber at the iowest cost. j (b) Et will have large cool storage accommodation and will thus be able | to supply fruit in and out of season at the lowest possible rates. | (c) The fruit will be handled in the Company's own Packing and Grad- < ing Sheds, thus ensuring quality and prompt and regular delivery. (d) It will be in a position to deal with the by-products of the orchard \ such as evapoured apples, sitter, apple vinegar, etc. | • (e) It will have a semi-wholesale and distributing warehouse in Wellington, which should enable it to deliver fresh fruit from the orchards daily at a price approximately 25 per cent, to SO per cent, less than j the retailer is charging in other centres, thus making fruit, which is one of the best foods in the markets, also one of the cheapest. (f) Its orchards are planted with the best varieties of apples for export or local markets, and produce fruit of a quality equal if not superior to any in the world. (g) When canning materials revert to the pre-war prices the Directors will consider the canning of apples and other fruits. It is proposed to: — (1) Plant Pine Forests on an extensive scale at MILDURA with the view of improving the estate and supplying cases and timber in the future. (2) To import Orchard Machinery and Motor Sprayers, Spraying and Packing materials and other lines necessary to improve the Company's business. (3) To act as Distributors, Exporters, and Dealers in all classes of fruit,, ( . At the last National Dairy Show at Paimerston North u Mildura" Apples secured: —The Championship for New Zealand, the Royal Horticulture Society's medal, and Messrs i Blundell Bros, special prize; and in other entries 10 first ! prizes. 6 seconds, and J third. The prospectus giving full particulars can be obtained Interim Office, Hardy Street, Nelson, The office of this paper, The Bank of N.Z,, Wellington, or from any of the following Wellington Brokers Messrs E, R, Dymock, j J* Martyn Hume, R, Wynn Kirkby, S, Hornabrook, Har- I court & Co,, and S, George Nathan & Co, ' v ■ I