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[[image:Im19540213PP-Nat.jpg|thumb|February 1954 .]] | [[image:Im19540213PP-Nat.jpg|thumb|February 1954 .]] | ||
54-6, Corporation Street, Manchester. | |||
1901 The company was registered May 14, 1901, in reconstruction of a company of the same name registered November 11, 1897, to take over the business of the firm of the same name, wholesale butter and general provision merchants. | |||
1908 Became a public company. Directors were Julius Willer (Austrian); William Robert Shackleton; Percy Fielden; John Rees Jones; Samuel Turner; and William Edward Bulmer. Wholesale Butter, Margarine and General Provision Merchants and imports products and operates from twelve warehouses (listed).<ref>Western Mail - Saturday 16 May 1908</ref> | |||
1909 Reports of false figures for the company leads to a warrant for the arrest of Julius Willer. Company in liquidation.<ref>Farnworth Chronicle - Saturday 17 July 1909</ref> | |||
1963 Acquired by [[Hugon and Co]].<ref>Lynn Advertiser - Tuesday 29 January 1963</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:33, 24 February 2024
54-6, Corporation Street, Manchester.
1901 The company was registered May 14, 1901, in reconstruction of a company of the same name registered November 11, 1897, to take over the business of the firm of the same name, wholesale butter and general provision merchants.
1908 Became a public company. Directors were Julius Willer (Austrian); William Robert Shackleton; Percy Fielden; John Rees Jones; Samuel Turner; and William Edward Bulmer. Wholesale Butter, Margarine and General Provision Merchants and imports products and operates from twelve warehouses (listed).[1]
1909 Reports of false figures for the company leads to a warrant for the arrest of Julius Willer. Company in liquidation.[2]
1963 Acquired by Hugon and Co.[3]
See Also
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