Goldingham & Beckett
Date established
1903
Date closed
1965
History
In 1903 Francis Strachan Goldingham started business in partnership, with his brother-in-law JB Beckett of Christchurch as a sleeping partner. The company dealt mainly in farmers' lines and a few overseas and Dominion agencies. The premises consisted of a small corrugated iron building in King Street, Palmerston North. In 1908 it was registered as a private company with a capital of 25,000 pounds in ordinary shares. After incorporation, greater emphasis was given to foodstuffs.
The company increased its capital in 1919 by the issue of 20 500-pound preference shares. By 1920 it had acquired premises in Wellington handling imported foodstuffs and pre-packing dried fruits. Sales from Wellington were mainly made on "goods to arrive" basis throughout the West Coast-Main Trunk areas of the Wellington province.
Some years later the company acted as agents for the British Imperial Oil Co Ltd and the Vaccuum Oil Co Ltd at Foxton.
During the period 1930-1940, the company financed stores operated by Community Stores Ltd. About 40 shops opened, covering most of the Wellington province, except for Wellington, but the operation was not successful.
In 1928, KA Goldingham and SA Goldingham were appointed directors and in 1938 GI McGregor of Palmerston North was appointed a director. McGregor was replaced by JA McBride in 1953.
The company gradually divested itself of the Community Stores and built up its wholesale trade. By 1958, the produce department had become very active in the wholesale handling of potatoes from Rangitikei growers to merchants, chiefly in Auckland, and had also established an auction business for the sale of fruit and vegetables. Owing to extreme competition, however, this side of the business was sold to Turners and Growers Ltd.
In 1965, Goldingham & Beckett was acquired by Wright Stephenson & Co Ltd. FR Dreyer was appointed manager and on his resignation in 1967, PJ Howie (formerly manager of the retail unit at Pahiatua) was appointed manager.
The company increased its capital in 1919 by the issue of 20 500-pound preference shares. By 1920 it had acquired premises in Wellington handling imported foodstuffs and pre-packing dried fruits. Sales from Wellington were mainly made on "goods to arrive" basis throughout the West Coast-Main Trunk areas of the Wellington province.
Some years later the company acted as agents for the British Imperial Oil Co Ltd and the Vaccuum Oil Co Ltd at Foxton.
During the period 1930-1940, the company financed stores operated by Community Stores Ltd. About 40 shops opened, covering most of the Wellington province, except for Wellington, but the operation was not successful.
In 1928, KA Goldingham and SA Goldingham were appointed directors and in 1938 GI McGregor of Palmerston North was appointed a director. McGregor was replaced by JA McBride in 1953.
The company gradually divested itself of the Community Stores and built up its wholesale trade. By 1958, the produce department had become very active in the wholesale handling of potatoes from Rangitikei growers to merchants, chiefly in Auckland, and had also established an auction business for the sale of fruit and vegetables. Owing to extreme competition, however, this side of the business was sold to Turners and Growers Ltd.
In 1965, Goldingham & Beckett was acquired by Wright Stephenson & Co Ltd. FR Dreyer was appointed manager and on his resignation in 1967, PJ Howie (formerly manager of the retail unit at Pahiatua) was appointed manager.
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