Sunlight Works, Sydney, 1906-1923

 
Component identifier:
File File 112A
Content Summary:

Correspondence between Leverhulme and J. Meek, Managing Director of Lever Brothers Ltd. (Australia).

Subjects include Indian and Chinese labour for Solomon Islands; advertising; competition with Palmolive; cost of Pacific plantations; co-partnership schemes; effects of industrial arbitration on manufacturing in Australia; visits by Meek to Solomon Islands; visit of J. Storey to Port Sunlight; soap prices; visits by Meek to England (1911, 1920); W.A. Holman; industrial disputes in Australia; relations with Kitchens; dissatisfaction of Lever with Pacific Plantations; deaths of staff in Sydney; general activities of Australian company.

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M1642

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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