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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Ward And Company, Ltd.

Ward And Company, Ltd., Brewers, Bottlers and Maltsters, Canterbury Brewery, corner of Kilmore and Chester Streets and East Belt, Christchurch. Directors: Messrs F. D. S. Neave, chairman; A. Appleby, A. Bullock, and H. F. Wigram. Telephone, 164 P.O. Box 59. Bankers, Union Bank of Australia, Ltd. Joint-managers, Messrs Thomas H. Bartlett, F.I.A.N.Z., and Richard Steele, the former gentleman being also secretary of the company. The business was founded (being the first brewery in Canterbury) in 1854 by Mr Archer C. Croft, who was shortly afterwards joined by Mr. J. Hamilton Ward, when the firm took the style of Croft and Ward; later, under Mr. Ward alone, it became Ward and Co. In 1867 he parted with the business to Messrs Thomas Donglas and Henry William Lee, by whom it was carried on under the same style. The present company was incorporated in 1881. The firm has an acre and a half of land, on which stand the Canterbury brewery, malt-houses, cooperage, and offices. It has also two malt-houses known as the Phoenix Maltings, which cover nearly a quarter of an acre in Kilmore Street East, and it owns the City Brewery and maltings in Colombo Street South, which were purchased in 1890 from Messrs Vincent and Co., together with all freeholds, leaseholds, and general business. Adjacent to its offices the company also hold a quarter of an acre of land, on which are erected a twelve-stall stable with cart and gig-house. It has also considerable leasehold and freehold properties in various parts of the city. The Canterbury Brewery is a stone and brick building with a forty hogsheads plant. The malt-house, which is built of brick and three stories in height, has a 300 bushel capacity with storage for 60,000 bushels; there is a full plant in the cooperage suitable for all purposes. The bottling department, which has separate entrances in Kilmore Street and East Belt, is a single-storey brick building with storage capacity of 8000 dozen of bottled beer, in addition to a considerable stock of bulk ale and enormous quantities of empties. The brewery is worked by steam, a six horsepower horizontal engine being employed. Steam is generated by a large boiler fitted with Galloway tubes. The company imports hops from England and California, but it uses mainly Nelson-grown hops, and is a large purchaser of locally-grown barley. During forty years the firm has been successful in gaining numerous certificates and medals at the various intercolonial exhibitions. The trade of the firm extends Largely throughout Canterbury, but recently it has been working up a very large business in the North Island.