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Match factory; Bryant and May, 62-66 Montgomery Crescent
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DescriptionThe factory was opened on March 9, 1971 by the Prime Minister, Sir Keith Holyoake.
This picture, captioned 'Bryant & May and Upper Hutt make a great match' was printed in the March 10 'Leader' in a four-page feature. New Zealand was a small user of matches, but the factory could produce a million matches ever 12 minutes during an 8-hour shift.
The article mentioned the possibility of a poplar grove to provide matchstick material. By mid-1975, New Zealand beech splints were being tested in Australia.
At the time, Bryant and May N Z Limited was a subsidiary of British Match.
R Bell & Co, of London, had started making matches in New Zealand in 1895, in Cornhill Street, Wellington. The company merged with Britain's Bryant and May, and Bryant and May, R Bell & Co was registered in New Zealand in 1910. When they needed more capacity, they moved to Tory Street in 1924.
Beehive matches sold in New Zealand in 2017 are made in Sweden.
Date TakenMarch 1971Geotag[1] The factory[2] StreetView camera position
This picture, captioned 'Bryant & May and Upper Hutt make a great match' was printed in the March 10 'Leader' in a four-page feature. New Zealand was a small user of matches, but the factory could produce a million matches ever 12 minutes during an 8-hour shift.
The article mentioned the possibility of a poplar grove to provide matchstick material. By mid-1975, New Zealand beech splints were being tested in Australia.
At the time, Bryant and May N Z Limited was a subsidiary of British Match.
R Bell & Co, of London, had started making matches in New Zealand in 1895, in Cornhill Street, Wellington. The company merged with Britain's Bryant and May, and Bryant and May, R Bell & Co was registered in New Zealand in 1910. When they needed more capacity, they moved to Tory Street in 1924.
Beehive matches sold in New Zealand in 2017 are made in Sweden.
Date TakenMarch 1971Geotag[1] The factory[2] StreetView camera positionDepicts or relates to
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Reference1971 03 10 1FormatScanned from bound newspaperSize248 x 76 mm
FormatScanned from bound newspaperSize248 x 76 mmScanned byDon McLeod
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