ROUND ABOUT GISBORNE.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 549, 25 December 1890, Page 3

ROUND ABOUT GISBORNE.

[standard representative.. The Gisborne Brewery and Cordial Factory is among those establishments which one cannot neglect including in his list if be wish to gain information on all the leading features ef interest in Gisborne. This does not arise from the mere fact of its being a brewery, and may be boldly asserted without fear of one being assailed by the shafts of would-be wits, whose suspicious nature may be awakened. I paid a visit to Mr Crawford’s establishment on Tuesday afternoon, when I had the advanta-e of seeing everything going in full sw.ng, and also had the advantage of being piloted through the place by the genial proprietor himself. Mr Crawford has an individuality which leaves its impression on all around : not his own portly presence do I mean—‘that in itself doubtless carries no small weight. But I refer to the intellectual capacity. Mr Crawford is gifted with an inventive genius, the evidences of which can be been in all around, though in talking of such matters he is modest to a fault. All the brewery fixities were planned by himxrif—of course taking patte* n from other breweries, but witn many improvements originating in Mr Crawford’s own mind—wi hour the aid of an architect, and the place has been so oompac ly arranged as to give a larger brewing capacity than some of the establishments in the principal towns and at the same lime give greater efficiency in other ways E<aders would perhaps not find much to interest them in a description of the brewing pro cess, but to the place and its surroundings a few may be devoted A sorupulous regai*d for cleanliness is a characteristic of the place, from the store room below to the top erory of the build ing. The- beautiful supply of waier is another thing that commands the attention* There has been exceedingly good fortune in that respect. A bountiful natural eappiy of water was find, struck, ami pumping . apparatus erected, with pip** laid ou, even to the private residence But the water, though.excellent ia its natural state (is attested by Dr Hector’s analysis), is carefully filtered, the process adopted giving the water six distinct fiitratious before it is put into use. The great care that is adopted ia regard to the absolute purity Of the water may be taken as an illustra* tion of the care that is taken in all the

details. Everything is kept in cap-a-pie condition, a competent and reliable staff of hands are employed, and they seem als to take a pride ia keeping the place in prime Order. Some time ag > Mr Crawford tried to encourage local farmers to go in for rowing hops, and for that purpose gave higher price than he could import h ps for, but for some reason or other the industry did not make headway, and all bis hops Uow come from Nelsoa, where a splendid quality is grown A sample that was shown me was certainly of a superior kind, and Mr Crawford informed me that*the Nelson growtn is fully equal to the famous Kent hops. Passing from the brewery —in the working of which I found much to interest me, though I still keep to my intention of refraining from a dive into technicalities*—we passed through the storeroom, where, of course, I was invited to sample the brew, wh ch is so popular that its merits need no further praise from me. As one j quaffs the cheering glass there is the additional sa<isfaction of knowing that the local brew is Lee from any suspicion of impurity, lod that while it is most agreeable to the taste it is not injurious to the health. This assertion will no doubt at once draw forth the temperance advocate, who will urge that all alOuh die drinks are injurious. Leaving that question to ba battled over as it has been from generation to generation, and will no donoc still be waged for m*ny years to come, I would simply reply that so lung as beer is a popu ar drmk it is well that it should be pure and good, and that the local article shomd be given the preference. The cordial factory adjoins ths brewery, and the same motive power, and of course the water supply, are made use of. In this as in ths other departments Mr Crawford’s ingenuity can ba observed in the arrangemen s and the improvements he has contrived to make. A variety of temperance drii.ks are pmpared in this department, but the brands are too well known to require soameratiug. Three hands were basv at work when I entered. The machinery employed is of a very simple, but none the less ingenious, description. The. tageedieute are proportioned aud the hotties tilled and corked with great rapidity. As previously mentioned cleanliness is a characteristic Ad the bo Les are wished by an app isnee worked by the steam motive power. By this means they are thoroughly clvAused with remtrkab • ceieri y, and even for all cleansing purposes Water fit for drinking is used. The cheap pace at whicn the tXue icnt tempersuoe driults are retailed make* them speciai.y acueptab e to picuic part Ki. One cm stow away in the hamper asujp’y of Semperauce drinks (assuming tuat Others are prohibited), aud when toe picuic ground is reached, instead of oouvertiug one’s to it into a kind of amateur stoker, you Cah Straightway reuiiue beneath the snady grove, dream of the sunny land in which you «ive, refreshing yuucse f with the go id things at hanu aud being delicious y lulled by the - sweet oonceri of the feathered songsters above] or you cm iuduge enthusiastically tn picnic games, assured the refreshing liquids are at baud when your lips begin to parch. Th* iurroundiogs of the brewery are of a picturesque nature. The proprietor’* tosldaoce u situated close by, aud ic ia oil entering a little workroom he bae fi led up for bumelf that One is enabled to form a judgment of th* matter mind of the individual. He is an eatbaaiaeiic photographer, and a h*i dy instantaneous camera be has now in U». WM made by tumult Then am >ug orber

arc aratu upo i which he has been engaging his mind san e.ecUic motor, also con«u-acted buuulf. There are only a tew of the Intern.lug tbi gs which attraotoue’s atteutios, but one more m.y be mentioned, aud that is an invexiiioa of a totalizator on a new principle, w iich it is believed will simplify the maubju«ry. The ices worked into a Crude form certainly indicates that the laveutiou win be a very useful one when prautioaliy app.ied. The private residence is situated on a beautiful sito on the bu*k pf the Taruheru Fiver, .sad a bathing-hpuse has beeu so planned and constructed that ic-cau be used M aH stftUl of the tide, and after a “ dip ia the briny ” ihe bather oau indulge in a Shower of fre*h water, which has bean touvenienily kid Qu, Xn fact everywhere fkbout^hegrounds of either the brewery or the residence stere is the same compleieuess In dei-ign aud execution, and. jt is with a feeling of pleasure tha one acknowledges the - faigenwtiy <4 the man who has devised so many clever things.