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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Zealand Insurance Co., Ltd. Denver, Colo...
Mightiest of American trees is the redwood and greatest master of these trees is Hammond and Little River Redwood Co., Ltd., formed last week in California. It was a merger of the redwood holdings of Hammond Lumber Co. with Little River Redwood Co., control going to the Hammond company. It involved some 9.000,000,000 feet of majestic redwood timber, representing a good half of all redwood trees now available for cutting...
Hammond and Little River Redwood Co. Ltd. starts business with assets of some $60.000,000. with 3,500 employes and an annual payroll of over $6.500.000. Redwood is a soft, workable wood much like cedar and cypress. It has no resin or pitch, burns slowly, hence is favored by homebuilders. It is hardy, will neither rot nor warp. In addition to sales to U. S. consumers, the new company will push exports, especially to tropical countries. For, unlike most lumber, redwood is not relished by white ants...
...Australia. Since 1926 General Motors of Australia, Ltd. has operated chassis assembly plants at Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. Bodies it has bought from Holdens Motor...
Body Builders, Ltd., which also manufactures steel cabinets and fruit boxes. Last week a merger between the two companies was proposed. The combine will be known as General Motors & Holdens, Ltd., will have a directorate consisting largely of prominent Australians including Edward Wheewall Holden. To Holdens' steel cabinets and fruit boxes General Motors will add other products, carrying out the policy of diversification which has marked its recent U. S. expansion...