Bryant and May, Bell and Co Pty Ltd and Australasia Ltd

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Subseries D/B/BRY/3/2
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In 1906, Bryant and May Ltd and R.Bell and Co Ltd jointly, with other interests, formed a company Australasia Ltd, for the import of matches and vestas into Australasia. In 1909 - 10* the same group formed two new companies; Bryant and May, Bell and Co (Proprietary) Ltd, Australia and the same, New Zealand. These purchased the match factories of R. Bell and Co in Melbourne and Wellington, replacing them with new factories in 1910 and 1924 respectively. Australasia Ltd was liquidated in 1910. The name of the New Zealand company was changed in 1969 to Bryant and May (NZ) Ltd.

* Articles of Association dated 1910 and 1911. See D/B/BRY/1/2/317.

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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