Here and There.

Progress, Volume XIV, Issue 2, 1 October 1918, Page 338

Here and There.

In an Australian newspaper a reference is made to the fact that the Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. in August embarked upon the erection of a chocolate factory that will entail a total outlay of about £300,000. The extensive building, machinery and equipment are being erected on the banks of the Parramatta River at Abotsford, near Sydney. This estate previously constituted the home and grounds of Sir Arthur Renwick. % * # # Another important disbursement is being made by Nestles at Dennington, Warrnambool, where exists what is probably the biggest condensed milk factory in the world. There they are building a dining-hall for the accommodation of the employees at a cost of no less than £20,000. A similar refectory is to be established at Abbotsford. The scheme is to provide hot nourishing meals at mid-day. There will be no obligation upon the employee to purchase, but no profits are to be made, and the food will be. issued at cost price. Recreation rooms will also be erected. * # : A* * The new chocolate factory will give employment to 700 people. It is interesting to learn, moreover, that not only will the boilers cost from £15,000 to £20,000 and be made in Australia, but that the refrigeration plant, entailing an outlay of another £23,000 ill be constructed there too. Certainly colonial manufactures are rapidly coming on, and are now indeed attaining dimensions of much magnitude. If V -A" The matter of allowing the erection of a large dried milk factory in New Zealand is now under consideration by the Government, and it is possible that permission to build will be withheld, as the Anglo-Swiss Milk Trust it is considered will stifle our local industry.