Burns, Philp Take Over
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Stores At Forbes And Young
LATEST country store acquisitions by Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., which con tinues to invest heavily in this direc tion, are the well-known general stores of Arthur Hughes & Co., of Forbes, and Hammond & Hanlon, of Young.
Mr. C. N. Perry, a recognised efficiency expert, who spent many years in the islands and in North Queensland in the service of Burns Philp & Co., and who during the war was associated with the Commonwealth Rationing Commission, arrived in Forbes last month to become general manager of the Forbes business.
At Young, Mr. Roy Hammond relin quishes control of Hammond & Hanlon, but will retain a substantial interest in the business.