The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
KENSINGTON, VIC. 1943-10-23. FLOUR PACKED INTO TWO TYPES OF CONTAINERS BY MESSRS. KIMPTON & SONS FOR DESPATCH TO THE TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. A CASE CONTAINS TWO TINS, GROSS WEIGHT 66LBS, 25LB OF FLOUR IN EACH TIN, AND DRUMS CONTAIN 35LBS OF FLOUR. THIS METHOD OF PACKING WAS FOUND NECESSARY TO PREVENT FLOUR FROM BECOMING FOULED IN DAMP AND HUMID CONDITIONS.
KENSINGTON, VIC. 1943-10-23. WORKMEN PACKING TINS OF FLOUR INTO BOXES AT THE MILLS OF MESSRS KIMPTON & SONS FOR DESPATCH TO THE TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. EACH CASE CONTAINS TWO TINS, GROSS WEIGHT 66LBS.
KENSINGTON, VIC. 1943-10-23. WORKMEN PACKING TINS OF FLOUR INTO BOXES AT THE MILLS OF MESSRS KIMPTON & SONS FOR DESPATCH TO THE TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA. EACH CASE CONTAINS TWO TINS, GROSS WEIGHT 66LBS.
KENSINGTON, VIC. 1943-10-23. 25 LBS OF FLOUR BEING PACKED INTO EACH TIN FOR DESPATCH TO THE TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA AT THE FLOUR MILLS OF MESSRS KIMPTON & SONS. 2000 TINS ARE FILLED DAILY.
KENSINGTON, VIC. 1943-10-23. WORKMAN OPERATING A MACHINE WHICH FILLS TINS WITH 25LB OF FLOUR FOR DESPATCH TO THE TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA AT THE FLOUR MILLS OF MESSRS KIMPTON & SONS.
KENSINGTON, VIC. 1943-10-23. WORKMEN AT THE FLOUR MILLS OF MESSRS KIMPTON & SONS CHECKING THE WEIGHT OF FLOUR IN TINS, AFTER WHICH THE LIDS ARE THEN SOLDERED, THE TIN BEING RENDERED AIRTIGHT IN THE PR
KENSINGTON, VIC. 1943-10-23. EMPLOYEES OF MESSRS KIMPTON & SONS FLOUR MILLS, NAILING AND WIRING CASES CONTAINING TWO TINS OF FLOUR FOR DESPATCH TO THE TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA.
