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Kempthorne Prosser and Company Limited : Records

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Reference NumberARC-0097/003Date1903-1965CreatorKempthorne, Prosser and Company LimitedDescriptionThis is a sub-collection of: Fernz Corporation Limited : Records particularly relating to subsidiary companies (ARC-0097).
Only a small part of the collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyIn 1863 Thomas W. Kempthorne and Evan Prosser went into business together as chemists and suppliers of medicine. Kempthorne Prosser and Co.'s New Zealand Drug Company Limited also imported drugs, chemicals, druggists' sundries, surgical instruments, dental equipment and hospital supplies. A number of tablets and solutions with medicinal properties were manufactured and sold throughout New Zealand. The Head Office was in Dunedin but branches soon spread throughout the country (from '75 Years of Life. A Brief History of Kempthorne Prosser & Co's N.Z. Drug Company Ltd. 1879-1954', Dunedin, Otago Daily Times, 1954).

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Burnside Fertiliser Works. Ref: AG-120/053.

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SubjectsBusiness enterprises - DunedinFertilizersAgriculturePharmaceutical industry

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