It may not bfi generally known that the greatest candlcmaking establishment in, the world is in England. It is that of Price's Patent Can dm; Companx, Ltd., with two other large factories, one at Battersea on the Thames, and the other on the Mersey, near Birkenhead, covering together thirty acres, and giving employment to about 2,200 people. The leading position held by the company is shown not merely by their having received the large number of eighty-six awards at the principal International Exhibitions during the past half century, but especially by the unique fact that five of these are Grand Prix gained in the g v eau>st candle-pro-ducing countries of the European continent —namely, in Antwerp in 1894, Amsterdam m 18%, Brussels in 1897, and Paris in LB'J!) and I*3oo. Some of the company's specialties' are: Gol« Medal Palmitine.. Grand Prize Parastrine Shade, and Be3t Stearinc Candle; ,Childs\ Royal Castle, New Patent and Palmitine Star ,■Night Lights; ilegina, Glycerin Creuri, and Court Toilet Soaps. Gas Engine and other Lubricating Oils. Glycerin absolutely pure. Price's Soaps and Candles are stocked by ill Grocers and Storekeepers in the Wai] rarapa district.* ,'ve hunted tigers in Bengal, vnd lions at Zambesi's fall, :'he elephant and hippo, too, The rhino and the kangaroo; But though I am a hunter bold, I must confess 1 funk a cold. So when. I'm hunting I ma*e sureAgainst such risks by Woods' Pepper; mint Cure.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9548, 21 July 1909, Page 5
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237Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9548, 21 July 1909, Page 5
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