CITY IMPROVEMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1922, Page 3

CITY IMPROVEMENTS

*" A ■ r t GROWTH OF INDUSTRIES, I ,A visit to Tory street, reveals the Jae* that a number of 'the old building* Smto recently been demolished, arid fine Jug* factories are being erected on the sites. One of these manufacturing'concern! has just been completed/^nd has a Very 'imposing appearance, being situated on the corner of College and Tory .streets. It was erected by the firm" of Thomson, Lewis, and Co , Ltd, cordial i manofacturerers, whose business has increased to such an extent that they were compelled to braid premises 130 ft by,,^2oft, to enable them to meet the increasing demand for their well-known beverages. Upon entering the offices one v «ees ( a beautiful showcase containing bottles^ of tha_ many beverages manufactured by'theirm, also certificates of special appointments to all the New Zealand Governors lor the past thirty-five years, are hanging on t the walls *In the managing director's office are the photographs of the two founder* of the firm—viz , the late Mr" Alexander Thomson, of Dunedin,'and Mi. A. M., Lewis. Passrng through the ground floor of the works one us amazed at the; large amount of intricate machinery that is required in the manufacture of this'firm's goods One can hardly realise* the trouble that is taken' in thf'cleansihg of bottles,; all returned empties are placed in a soaking tank and allowed to remain in a hot solution of water and caustic for twenty minutes, after which., they are placed on revolving brashes and are thoroughly rinsed inside and iontside under the one operation They. are then placed on a twelve head automatic revolving machine,'are thoroughly rinsed inside and out with" dean'water undtf pressure, after which they1-are'drained and sighted by an operator, taken to ths machines'ready to he filled,ilabelled, and placed on the several stacks _ The firm has a special process for purifying'the water from disease'germs and impurities, and which, after passing throngh thi purifiers, is stored in four 600-*allon slate tanks, which keep it beautifully cod andl ready for use This operation'-takei iplace upon the first floor, where there il erected, the laboratory, containing a quantity of essential oils, essences, irmj juices, acids, and'several articles used in the manipulation of, then well known .drinks *' \ * Messrs Thomson, Lewis, and Co^ (Ltd , wewf specially entrusted with ths supplies of their "Camroc" Champagnic Dry Qinger Ale and Soda, Water toHu Royal Highness the Prince ofy/Watot throughout, the whole New Zealand trip His' Royal Highness sent a letter con gratulatmg the firm upon the excellence of their beverages* In 1898, at the Agn cultural Hall, London, this firm com peted against 36 manufacturer* for Ho| Beer, and won the gold medal, dutanc ing the next winner by 28 points Thomson, Lewis, and Co, Ltd, havt been, and still are, contractors to tl«t US S Co of New Zealand continuous^; for over 3Dyears, < purely on account o quality 'The firm's specialties ar " Camroc "» Dry Ginger Ate and " Bus setta " Cider The " Camroc " taka two months to prepare, and is gnaran teed-to be made from an ongmar'Belfa* formula, a copy of which v.«* secure; \y Mr Lewis during his travels abroad The " Russetta " Cider is prepared fro* the jnice of picked apples and syrup it is unfermented, and is one of the moi healthful beverages that can* be There is a large and growing desnand fc both " Camroc" 'Dry, Dings* Ale' an " Russetta " Cider.—lnserted ,bjr m rangemdnt t * Owiny to the ravages «f,*e pink M worm nearly all the oojitom planks of Ai tigua, Bntuh West Indies, , kkVtt^bM burned down and replaced by sn|Mr''ea« Italy owns the k>nfest asNtah of «sm tnfied^ railway'in "Euitope, oOTerm> L a t di i*noo o( about I*7o miles, ov^r whtek -th trains travol in i two hows, aad'threi quarters. , , "Woods' Great Peopermfat Oire-Adv Tor Children's HaddßC CtMsfc V ,*