[2] The flotation on the London share market was to raise capital to purchase machinery to extend the Nelson Brothers and Co business to include refrigeration of meat and other perishable produce.
[3] Nelson Brothers Limited opened new freezing works at Waipukurau, Gisborne, Woodville and Spring Creek near Blenheim.
[7] The same concerns had brought about sufficient unrest in Darwin for the Australian government to send warships there.
[8] The concern seemed to have arisen because to avoid double taxation Vestey had moved its tax domicile to Argentina in late 1915 but the owners insisted it remained a British company.
[9] Nelson Brothers' Hornby freezing works was bought in 1920 by neighbouring New Zealand Refrigerating Company.