Minute books of the Yorkshire Lubricating Oil and Grease Trades' Association

Scope and Content

Two volumes of minute books of the Yorkshire Lubricating Oil and Grease Trades' Association, 1923-1942.

Administrative / Biographical History

The inauguration meeting of the Yorkshire Lubricating Oil and Grease Trades' Association was held at the Hotel Metropole, Leeds, on 16 May 1923. The original objects of the Association discussed at that meeting were: to negotiate with the railway companies over charges for the transport of oil; to safeguard the trade against trusts or combines who would sell directly to consumers; the mutual protection of members against selling at or below cost; representation of the Yorkshire trade in relation to issues of national interest through membership of the National Federation; and to establish bona fides for oil traders

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Leeds Chamber of Commerce, July 1977

Note

In English