Burke Manuscript

Burke Manuscript: Page 141

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H.S. Brown, who had been working Parker’s brewery in Cashel St was joined by T.W. Maude. They put up that “white elephant” now the Southern Cross on the South Belt. One Capt. Crawford, father of the Oamaru solicitor, was manager. Expense and Extravagance in every direction in plant &c. Result as may be expected.

There was another small brewery on the Windmill Road, worked by Innes.

In the middle fifties, there was a cob built malthouse on the corner of Hon. Stevens’ section, River Road & East Belt. I think it belonged to Mr Fooks. It afterwards went into the Croft and Ward business.

On the same footpath going South, was the Windmill, owned by W.D. Wood. Some years after it was bought by John Leith, of Leithfield, and removed there. Mr Wood had built and removed to the Riccarton Mill.

The first “Gingerpop” people, with the good old yellow bottles, had the cork fast with a string, were old R.P. ADAMS, Thomas RAINE, Geo. CLARK, Joe [blank]. These men had the first prices.