Hill Edward, Wholesale and Retail Manufacturing Confectioner, 155 and 157 High Street, Christchurch. This business was established in 1882 by the present proprietor, and occupies premises in High Street opposite Messrs Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.'s warehouse. Besides manufacturing for the trade generally, Mr. Hill does an extensive retail business. His special lines are well known throughout Christchurch, and considerable quantities of his manufactures are sent to the surrounding districts. Mr. Edward Hill, the proprietor, is a native of Wiltshire, England. When seventeen years of age he joined the Royal Navy, in which he served twelve years, during which he took part in an engagement at Cape Hayti, San Domingo, which lasted ten hours and a half. After sinking two of the enemy's ships, H.M.S. “Bulldog” accidentally ran ashore, under the forts; but during the night she was blown up by the captain's orders, after the crew had taken to the boats. Mr. Hill arrived in Dunedin on the 5th of April, 1873, and immediately entered the firm of Messrs Hudson and Co., manufacturing confectioners, with whom he remained for eight years, and while with the firm he worked at the first steam pans imported into the colony. Shortly after leaving Dunedin, he started his present business, which is now firmly established.