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NZ Truth, Issue 98, 4 May 1907, Page 6

The postal authorities have been advised of the (departure of the Victoria from Sydney for Auckland on Wednesday with over 3iOO bags Australian and English mails. The Wellington portion in-ay be expected to arrive by . the. Manawatu express on Thursday night. Mri J. Stevenson, who was managing the Empire Hct.pl, also the Royal Oak, the Club Hotel, Masterton, and the Masonic Hotel, Napier, is rijw to be found at the Brunswick Hotel, Upper Willis Street, where his old friends will receive a hearty welcome should they pay him a visit. . For some time the proprietors of Stent's Brewery, ; m Quin Street, have been persevering m a family trade. ' r lhey have teen putting it up m coil, Vwo-gallcn jars, and sclline; it at two shillings per gallcn. This metlicd of putting up beer .seems to ha\e given general satisfaction. The excellency of the " beer, and its economical price seems to have appealed to the public requirements. Mr. IT. Bell, the senior partner, is one cf an old brewery family, his fither having for many years owned the Marl .crouch Brewing Company's irewery i.efcre it lecame a company. He subsequently became a partner m Dodson's Brewery, at Blenheim,, and was a- great authority en brewings matters/ Mr. I-I. Ball got his trammer m the. eld Marl-loroughi Brewery and tho excellence of its output will te well remembered by old Marlboroiif.hites. Mr. Darrall was brewer and manager for ths lats Mr. R. 13 tent for a v out two years, and "afterwards .f:ui.d Mr. Ball m the pro^rietory.- Under his management a large increase resulted, the premi.'ip- 1 , ar.'d other needful alterations were made to me«t the fast-in-creasiii'; tra:!e. He has a thorough knowledge cf brewery requirements, and tie large output of beer daily shows .the big appreciation the nuhilic entertain for the excellence, of the ! biw.- ,- • ■■■'•.