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Seller: best-books-western-australia ✉️ (4,626) 98.6%, Location: Applecross, WA, AU, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 144950775795 TOBACCO PIONEERS MICHELIDES FAMILY HISTORY manjimup western australia genealogy. Tobacco laws of the day prevented tobacco manufacturers from selling their produce in their own shop, but the brothers bypassed this by having the factory in Peter’s name, and the shop in Michael’s. Over time, the brothers bought several adjoining properties on both the east and west sides of Lake Street, Perth, and in 1912 opened the tobacco and cigarette factory on the west side, at 1 Lake Street, with offices next door. These were modernised and extended a decade later and on 5 October 1922 then Premier, Sir James Mitchell, deemed it a privilege to open the new Michelides Ltd factory. On that occasion he started a machine capable of making 400 cigarettes a minute or 24,000 an hour; two years later they had machines that turned out 36,000 an hour. The business rapidly expanded into the new brands Mena , Golden Blend  and Golden Wattle  and Bona Rosa  cigars, and the enterprise was praised for keeping its profits in Western Australia. Until Michelides started planting his own tobacco in the early 1930s, the leaf was imported but processed locally, and the tins, papers and packing were all locally produced. Having started with a staff of just four in 1904, by 1932 the South West Advertiser reported the factory had 175 employees and £20,000 worth of machinery in operation. In 1933 architects Oldham, Boas & Ednie-Brown designed a new, two-storey extension to the factory for the manufacture of RizLa cigarette papers at 1 Lake Street and, with the £5,296 tender from builders Sandwell & Sons accepted, the foundation stone was laid on 5 January 1934. The company now employed 200 in the factory and offices, with a further 100 in the Pemberton and Manjimup fields, harvesting Michelides-grown, West Australian tobacco. The new premises, in the art deco style and with an impressive, new art deco frontage on the corner of Roe and Lake Streets, doubled the size of the factory. Coupled with the introduction of mechanisation, Michelides Ltd increased their market share, peaking in production through the 1930s and 1940s. 443 pages. Softcover. NOT ex-library. Weight = 1.7 kg BOOK CONDITION = VERY GOOD
  • Condition: Very good
  • Personalised: No
  • Book Title: Tobacco Pioneers Michelides a Family History
  • Original Language: English
  • Vintage: No
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Features: 1st Edition
  • Topic: Tobacciana
  • Subjects: Biographies & True Stories
  • Signed: No
  • Ex Libris: No
  • Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
  • Age Level: Adults
  • City: Perth
  • Inscribed: No
  • Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Type: Biography
  • Special Attributes: 1st Edition
  • Country: Australia
  • Author: Michelides Family
  • Genre: History
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
  • Number of Pages: 443

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