MORE PLANT PLANNED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 32, 8 February 1939, Page 11

MORE PLANT PLANNED

CHOCOLATE COMPANY'S FACTORIES. IMPORT RESTRICTIONS WELLINGTON, Feb. 7. An announcement that further extensions of his company's plant in New Zealand were contemplated in consequence of the New Zealand Government's import regulations was made yesterday by Mr. F. B. Spencer, managing director of Nestles Ltd. who arrived at Wellington yesterday by the Awatea on a fortnight's business visit, to the Dominion. The company, said Mr] Spencer, would be extending its milk factory in Invercargill and its chocolate factory in Auckland. "We have been manufacturing in New Zealand for many years," he added, "and are now importing only raw materials. Except for one line, we are really self-con-tained here.” There was still a big demand for chocolates, continued Mr. Spencer. Il was evident that people were eating more chocolate than ever before. Higher wages had resulted in an increased demand for goods, and that was particularly maiked in the case of chocolate and foodstuffs. The import restrictions might well result in still greater production by his company’s plants in New Zealand over and above the increase of recent years, but that would depend on the general cost of living. "If there is a greater demand for chocolate, we will have no trouble in increasing our plant," said Mr. Spencer.