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Brewers, Maltsters, &c.
COWIE and Co. (Alexander Cowie), Brewers, Maltsters and Bottlers, Caversham Brewery, Main Street, Caversham. Telephone 700; Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd. The Caversham Brewery was established by Mr. K. Cochrane in 1878, and was purchased by the present proprietor in’ 1890. With the exception of the malthouse, the whole buildings were removed and the present new brick brewery erected and newest appliances introduced; the plant has a capacity of fourteen hogsheads. The machinery is driven by a five horse-power Otto gas-engine. The mailing-floor consists of a twenty-five-bag steep. The product of the brewery is known by the “Bull’s Head” brand. The bottling department is situated at another part of the main road, in Caversham. A considerable trade is done with the southern part of Otago and throughout Southland. Mr. ALEXANDER COWIE, the proprietor, was born in Baffshire, Scotland, in 1854 he accompanied his parents to America and Canada, and afterwards, in the early “sixties,” to Dunedin, where he was educated. He was in the hotel business for upwards of ten years before purchasing the brewery; for eight years of this period he was at Mahakiki, Canterbury, and afterwards for about eighteen months at a hotel at Outram. Mr. Cowie is well known as an enthusiastic member of the Dunedin gun club, of which he has been vice-president since its inception. He is also a member of the Dunedin jockey club, and of the Otago cycling club. His services are frequently called into requisition as a starter at cycling sports, foot, and other races. As a pigeon shot he has won dozens of matches and holds the championship of Southland. Mr. Cowie was married in 1876 to a daughter of the late Mr. .J. Smith, of Dunedin, and has one son and six daughters.
JOEL, MAURICE, Brewer, Maltster and Bottler, Ked Lion Brewery, Great King and George Streets, Dunedin; Telephone 123; P.O. Box, 147; Bankers, Bank of New Zealand; Private residence, Regent Road. . This well-known brewery was established in 1862, and was purchased by the present proprietor in 1864. Since that time the entire premises have been remodelled, rebuilt, and refitted with the latest and most modern brewing and malting plant. The land occupied consists of one and a-quarter acre of freehold, with entrances from both streets, the main building and offices front-Great King street. The proprietor is assisted in the management by his two sons, one of whom has charge of the brewing department and the other of the commercial branch. The business extends throughout the entire Colony, from Auckland to the Bluff, including the goldfields. Mr. Joel was born in 1829 at North Shields, England, and was educated at Newcastle-on-Tyne. He is an engraver by trade, and was for some time in partnership with his brother in Newcastle-on-Tyne in the Birmingham and Sheffield goods trade. He came out to Melbourne in 1853 and acted as a gold-buyer in Ballarat, acquiring general mercantile experience before coming to New Zealand in December, 1861. Mr. Joel at once established himself in a general hardware and ship-chandlery business in Princes Street, and purchased the brewery, as above stated, three years later. He has been a member of the Otago harbour board for about six years. He was for nine years treasurer of the Jewish synagogue, and for three years its president. He was a member of the committee of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition of 1889-90. Mr. Joel was married in 1859 to a daughter of Mr. A. Woolf. of the Cape of Good Hope, and afterwards of Melbourne, by whom he has three sons and three daughters living. LINTOTT, G., AND CO. (George Skinner Lintott, J.I’.), Maltsters. Grain Merchants, Insurance Agents, and Importers of Brewers’ Sundries, Albion Malthouses, Cumberland Street, Dunedin. P.O. Box, 304. Bankers: Bank of New Zealand. Also grain stores, Tyne Street, and malthouse. Weir Street, Oamaru. The business was established in Oamaru in 1876, and having extended very considerably, the head office was removed to Dunedin in 1891. The premises occupied were formerly known as Messrs. Marshall and Copeland’s Albion Brewery. The buildings are of brick, two and three stories in height. There are two malthouses, each with a capacity of fifty sacks; the Oamaru malthouse is equal to fifty sacks. Messrs. Lintott and Co. do a considerable trade in grain, which they export to Australia and England. They are sole agents in the Colony for Messrs. Boake, Roberts and Co.. Ltd., of London, for all kinds of brewers’ sundries in which they do a very large business throughout the Colony, representatives of the firm visiting all parts of New Zealand periodically. The firm are attorneys for Otago for the Canton Insurance Company. Mr. Lintott was born in Chelmsford, Essex, was brought up as a brewer at Burton-on-Trent, and was for some years with Messrs. Lascells and Tickner, of Guildford, Surrey, as managing brewer. In 1874, he was engaged in England as brewer for Messrs. Vincent and Co., of Christchurch. During his residence in Oamaru he was a member of the borough council for some years, and was generally prominent in connection with any local matter which tended to advance the interests of the town. Mr. Lintott is a director in the brewing concern of William Strachan, Ltd., Dunedin. Mr. ROBERT RICHARD KIRBY, Accountant to Messrs. Lintott and Co., Albion Malthouse, Dunedin, was born at sea in 1859 on a voyage to Tasmania, and was educated at Hutchins’ school, Hobart. He was brought up to business by his father, who was a tanner and grindery merchant in Hobart, and was subsequently with Messrs. George Blyth and Co., Dunedin, for eight years. He has filled his present position since March. 1889.
McGAVIN AND CO. (George Dowse Wright and William Henry Smith), Brewers, Bottlers, and Maltsters, Union Brewery, Corner of Duke and Great King Streets, Water of Leith, Dunedin. Telephone, 333. Bankers: Bank of New Zealand. Private residences: Mr. Wright, Castle Street; Mr. Smith, Duke Street. The large brewing business now conducted by the firm of McGavin and Co. was established in August, 1882, by the late Mr. George L. McGavin associated with Mr. Alexander McGregor, and the late Mr. W. H. Smith, under the style of McGavin, McGregor and Smith. A very considerable business was conducted by this well-known firm till 1889, when Mr. Smith died, and Mr. McGregor retired from the business. Mr. McGavin was then joined by Mr. W. H. Smith, junr., son of his late partner. On the death of Mr. McGavin in December, 1896, Mr. Wright, his nephew, was nominated to represent his uncle’s interest in the business. The land occupied by the malthouse and brewery comprises one and a half acres partly freehold. The buildings are extensive and complete, and really include two breweries and malt-houses, the one originally erected by Messrs. MeGavin, McGregor and Smith, and the other by Messrs. Marshall and Copeland. The plant is thoroughly up-to-date in every respect. The original brewery built by Mr. McGavin is a brick building, well adapted for an extensive business. There is a fine thirty horse-power tubular boiler, built by Messrs. R. S. Sparrow and Co., with six horse-power horizontal engine by the same firm. Behind the engine is a large malt-crusher, from which automatic lifts convey the malt to a hopper on the top floor of the brewery. The malt is supplied to the large mash-tub on the third floor, which is then tilled with hot water, and from which the liquor is run off into a large copper capable of boiling thirty-two hogsheads. The mixture then undergoes the boiling and brewing process; afterwards, it is drawn off into the cooler and subsequently passes over the refrigerator, falling down into the fermenting tuns, where yeast is added and from thence, when the proper process has been completed, it is drawn off into casks in the cellars. The granary attached to this portion of the building opens off the refrigerating-room and is capable of storing 2,000 sacks of grain. Below this flat is the malting-floor, which has a 180-bushel steep, and below that again, the cellars, which extend the whole length of the building, and are capable of fermenting 300 hogsheads at once. The other malt-house, originally the property of Messrs. Marshall and Copeland, is an extensive building, on the top floor of which Is a remarkably flue granary, where 20,000 sacks can be stored with ease. The malting-floor of this portion of the premises has a 200-bnshel steep, and there is also a very large cellar capable of storing 600 hogsheads. Messrs. McGavin and Co. have a complete cooper’s plant, where the whole of the large vats used in the brewery are made, as well as kauri casks from 110 gallons down to small kegs. The firm import oak staves from England and kauri staves from the north of New Zealand. There is convenient stabling on the premises, the firm employing five horses and four vans in connection with their town delivery. Messrs. McGavin and Co. have a large bottling establishment in Duke Street where a very considerable trade is carried on. The firm employ altogether thirty hands, including three travellers who are constantly on the road visiting their customers in various parts of the Colony. The trade of this well-known firm, both bulk and bottle, extends throughout New Zealand. Messrs. McGavin and Co. have been most successful as exhibitors, having gained more than thirty prize medals at various exhibitions, including the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition of 1889-90, the Centennial Exhibition at Melbourne in 1888, where they gained two gold medals and special mention against the world, and at the Tasmanian Exhibition of 1894-5. The firm have been very fortunate in heading the list at the various exhibitions.
Mr. GEORGE LINDSAY McGAVIN, founder of the firm of McGavin and Co., was born at Kirriemuir, Scotland, and was educated in his native land. After passing his youth in Scotland he came out to Victoria on the outbreak of the goldfields in the early “fifties.” After a general experience on several of the diggings, during the course of which he had varying success, Mr. McGavin settled at Stawell (then known as Pleasant Creek). He became associated with a number of gentlemen in the development of the great North Cross Reef, among whom were Hon. W. Osmond, M.L.C., of Doctor’s Creek, Mr. James Robbie, of Stawell, and the late Hon. James Grant, well known as minister of lands. It may be interesting to remark that over eleven tons of gold were taken from this celebrated mine. When the Otago goldfields were discovered Mr. McGavin was among those who made their way to Dunedin, where he arrived in 1861. He went into the carrying trade and started a number of teams and waggons on the road to and from the diggings. He was well known among the early settlers as the proprietor of the White Horse Hotel; subsequently he became contractor for building the great railway bridge across the Waitaki River on the boundary line between Otago and Canterbury. Mr. McGavin aferwards established the Union Brewery at the Water of Leith, as above described. He was a prominent member of the Masonic Order, and much esteemed by the brotherhood, being for some years an office-bearer in Lodge St. Andrew, S.C. He took great interest in the Caledonian society of Otago, and at one time occupied the presidential chair. Mr. McGavin was twice married, his second wife being a daughter of the late Mr. David Thomson, shipwright. He died at his residence on Christmas Day, 1896. in the sixty-fifth year of his age, leaving seven children.
Mr. W. H. SMITH was born in Melbourne in 1865, was educated at the Dunedin High School and brought up to business as a brewer in the firm of Messrs. McGavin and Co. Mr. Smith superintends the manufacturing department of the business, while Mr. Wright attends to the financial department. Mr. Smith has long been connected with cricket, and holds the position of vice-president of the Grange cricket club. He is also a member of the Dunedin bowling club, and vice-president of the North East Valley band. He was married in 1893, and has one son and one daughter. THE OTAGO MALTING COMPANY (Arthur Wiffen and William Brown Vigors, proprietors), Maltsters, Cumberland Street. Dunedin; Mr. Arthur Wiffen, manager; Telephone 474; P.O. Box 136; Bankers, Bank of New Zealand; Private residences: Mr. Wiffen, Well Park House, Leith; Mr. Vigers, Hope Street. This business was established by Mr. Wiften in 1893, -the building being a brick and stone structure of two stories. On the ground floor is the office of the firm, attached to which are two very tine malting floors, with large steeps equal to 100,000 bushels per year. There are two exceedingly lofty kilns on the first floor and the granary has a capacity equal to 10,000 sacks. The company have a third malthouse at the Leith in a two-storied stone building, which is equal to 24,000 bushels per year. The principal business of the firm is an export trade with Australia, the barley being almost entirely bought locally. Mr. Wiffen, the senior partner, was born in England in 1849, was educated at Cheltenham and brought up to the malting business in his native land. After three and a half years’ experience in America, he came to New Zealand per s.s. “Doric,” under engagement to Messrs. Wigrarn Bros,, of Christchurch. Mr. Wiffen was eight years in Canterbury, during which time he had the management of that firm’s large malting business. During his residence there, he was for many years a member of the Selwyn county council, member and chairman of the Heathcote road board, of the Heathcote school committee, and Lyttelton licensing committee, and also a member of the Christchurch hospital board. Mr. Wiffen was made a J.P. in 1892. He was married in 1870 to a daughter of Mr. W. H. Kidd, of Stanstead, Essex, and has four sons. (A notice of Mr. Vigers appears in the Banking section of this volume.)
SPEIGHT. JAMES, AND CO., LTD. (Messrs. C. F. Greenslade, W. Dawson, and Charles Speight, directors). Brewers and Maltsters, City Brewery, Rattray Street, Dunedin; Telephone 286; P.O. Box 223; Bankers. Bank of New Zealand; Private residences: Mr. Greenslade, Dowling Street; Mr. Dawson. Duncan Street; Mr. Speight. Cannongate Street. The large business now conducted by this well-known brewing company was originally established in 1876, on a portion of the present site in Rattray Street, by Messrs. James Speight, C. F. Greenslade, and W. Dawson. The capacity of the brewing plant at that time was twelve hogsheads the brew. Some idea of the increase of the business may be gathered from the fact that the capacity of the present brewery is upwards of fifty hogsheads per brew. The combination of the three partners in the young firm of J. Speight and Co., proved to be a wise one, Mr. Dawson being a practical brewer, Mr. Greenslade a practical maltster, while Mr. Speight thoroughly understood the commercial side of the business. The motive and steam producing power of Messrs. Speight’s City Brewery consists of a forty horse-power Cornish boiler, and a multi-tubular boiler of sixty horse-power, which, besides supplying steam for the two immense wort boilers, and boiling all the water for cask washing and brewing purposes, has attached a twelve horse-power horizontal engine, which drives the machinery consisting of malt mill, malt and barley screens, hoisting and elevating plant, etc. The main shaft, transmitting power where desired, is probably the longest in the city, as it extends the entire length of the upper cellar of the building. The firm is fortunate in having an unlimited supply of the very best water for brewing, which Is raised by three splendid pumps with a lifting power of 3,500, 3,000, and 1,000 gallons per hour, respectively. The premises now occupied by the firm cover a large area of land, having a frontage from the intersection of Maclaggan street right up to Dowling street, and also a considerable frontage to the latter. The large and well constructed stables attached to the brewery are entered from Bowling street, and through the central part runs a vestibule by means of which grain is received and conveyed to the granary along an over-head bridge, and to other parts of the building by a shoot. The barley, as received, is emptied on the floor of the upper story of the main building, where it is thoroughly dried in bulk. It is then passed to the malthouse, as required. On the malting floors there are four large steeps with a total capacity equal to 1,000 bushels; attached to the extensive malting floors are two double-floor kilns, with a superficial area of 2,600 feet. The grain is raised to these kilns by elevators, where it is dried. Having completed the rounds of the mailings, a few steps lead to the brewery tower, from whence is obtained a magnificent view of a large portion of the city and suburbs. On the top storey of the main building, are the cold water reservoir and two immense hot liquor vats, each made of kauri and containing 5,000 gallons. From these vats the liquor, along with the crushed malt, passes through patent self-acting cataract mashing machines, which are supplied with improved copper spargers and perforated metal false-bottoms, which keep back the grains and allow the extract of malt to flow clear and brilliant Into the boiling tuns. These tuns have each an equal capacity with those on the upper floor. To the malt extract, the hops are now added, and the whole brought to a boil and kept at this point until thoroughly blended. From the boiling-vats the worts fall into a receiver and from thence pumped into a cooler and passed over an immense refrigerator, especially made locally for the firm by Messrs. A. and T. Hurt, Ltd., and considered to be the largest of Its kind in the Colony. It then flows into the fermenting vats, of these there are three with a capacity of 4,000 gallons each, and from which it is eventually drawn to the cleansing casks in the various extensive cellars. There is also a large cooperage in connection with the brewery where the vats and a proportion of the casks used are made. It may be remarked that the firm own about 20,000 casks of various kinds, and this stock is being constantly added to by shipments of English hogsheads and barrels from the Australian markets; casks bearing the firm’s well-known trade mark, “The White Hoop,” may be seen all over the Colonies, and the natives of the South Sea Islands swarm the shore to welcome their monthly shipments. On being returned, the casks go to the cooper, who unheads and thoroughly examines them before and after washing, thus ensuring perfect cleanliness before re-filling. The company have been successful in winning a very large number of medals and certificates at the various exhibitions, including Sydney 1879, Melbourne 1880-1. Dunedin Industrial 1881, Christchurch International 1882, New Zealand Industrial at Wellington 1885, New Zealand and South Seas at Dunedin 1889-90, Tasmania 1805. Brisbane 18!)T, and a silver medal at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in London. Mr. James Speight, one of the founders of the firm, died in 1888, too soon to witness the vast progress of the firm which bears his name WILSON, ROBERT EDGAR, Wine, Spirit and General Merchant and Commission Agent, Bond and Water Streets, Dunedin. Post Office Box 384; Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand; Private residence, York Place. The business now carried on by Mr. Wilson was established by him, in conjunction with the late Mr. Henry Rose, in 1887, under the style of Rose, Wilson and Co. Shortly before his death in 1894, the former retired from the firm, and since that time Mr. Wilson has conducted the business solely. |
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