A LONDON BEER-BOTTLING ESTABLISHMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1783, 8 December 1883, Page 4

A LONDON BEER-BOTTLING ESTABLISH MENT.

Tin: fact tliafc .c\i;ry Englishman carries Ins partiality for British' boor with him into the remotest coiuhs of the eajth aooounts for the Read Bios.' enoisno-i3 ovpoil tiado which is ouiied on in "that commodity. The gjnui il way. however, in winch beer i> no exported is In bottle, and this lias opened u,i a lug.! and increasing Irih'iiess in bo't'ing, li.it it is i no which has liit'ieito beeneirned on in any convenient pi ice ready tv hand, railway arches bums: extensively utilised for this purpose. Up to the present time, we believe, no bud ling lu3 been specially consti noted for and dpvo'ed to this l)us>ineos, to carry on which successfully leqtmes an amount of knowledge, skill, and eaie which* is not at first siu'hfc apparent, bottling for export being a very dilVeient thing from bottling for home consumption. It would seem to have been left for Messrs Head Biotheis (who formerly used the Insoment, of the Midland Railway Station at St F.incras for their business) to take the m-tutuo in building premises specially adapted and scientifically organised for this purpose. Such an establishment the) have lecently completed at Kentish Tow n, w heie, upon an <w re ot land near the Highgate road, acquired not without difficulty, they have erected extensive bottling stores, presenting externally a very imposing appearance. The building itself is 150 ft square, and the style of architecture adopted is that known as the Scottish Baronial. Vitrified blue Staffordshire bricks have been used in conjunction with teiracotta with excellent effect. On entering the premises a suite of offices ate passed through, and a spacious lnboratoty is reached where the boeis have to be critically eA.imined and tctul as to condition and suitably foi bottling for export. On th' 1 ground floor is the beer store and bottling df paitiuent, which is 150 ft long by lOOitunle, a cool moist temperature bunii,' alw .13 ■> maintained. Only Bass' ale and (iiiinnss' stout .lie bottled, and the usual itov-'v of these boeio is 2400 butt 1 -, a bat being equal to two hogsheads. Thio !>e-i ib ktpt in stock fiom IS pionth-3 10 two ye us befoie it is bottled. Tlu p.eitiisc-, aio si tinted within a few \aids of t'le Midland ladw.iy, along \« Inch 1.i.0 fie boei is biought to the premise-, in butt", a;i 1 taken auny in bottles, paeKe.l, of com 50 in cases. Bottling jjoes on tluoughout the year at the aveiage iate of r)0,0!)0 b )ttlc-. pot week. The bottling iippiiatus is of Messrs Read's design, and ia\eiy perfect. Tie filling inachinco fill si\ bjttU-b at one time, and by an automatic airang"inont the beer ceases to flow 111 each bottle as soon as it 13 full. Thecoik'ug machines are also both ingenious and piactical. Adjoining the bottling doputment is that appropi lated to bottle washing, which ia 13') ft long )>y oOft wide. It is lijjhti d from the roof, the lights being placed so as to come mand a north aspect only, and to n\ oid the inoteasc ot tempture which would result fiom at-outh a>p"ct. Thousml stock of empty bottks ia about 70,003 dozen, and thca • aic being continuously diafted off to the bottling department, and as continiionsh 1 epl.tLL*! h\ ficsh supplies. The b"ci having been bottled, ia raised to the iippei floorby ,1 lift dn\cn by an Otto gas cn^'iic On this floor is the packing depaitment, winch 1-. of the same dunen-■-10ns is llio b ci stoic below, and heie the; bottles aio wiied, capsuled, labelled, and packed in c,w > for e\|)Oi t. A great point is n-ade of the tcmporatuie here, wln le it i~> m. untuned much hiiihci than below, lv the bottled bcci has to undcryo a soit of piobation bcfoie being packed for w aim couutnes The building tin oughout is Ine proof, the floois beinu laid with finely b'oken giamte in cement. The .11 uingf j hi. Nts alboiicthur aie \eiy complete, md Ciiu* is tiken at evciy point to in-^uie the deliveiy of the national b>\engo \t it^ destination in a sound and wholos'jinj c *u htion -Times.

Tin pic-ontXition.il debt of England is ITS", ')JJ 11 J. Wilh.im the Fourth found it, i £S:}J, ( )00,:)(JO ; and left it .at £7!)5,r.:}'),1!l (! 01 •:,■ the Tliiid found it 1 102,01 t.OIS, and left it ,i C8:U, 900,000. ( !,'oi au tlv; S« ond foirid ib.it 1M2,r)32,023. <Jcoil' ■ the Fn-t fo itul it .it £36, 145,400 Ami" iound it at C12,707,'22,">. William the I'hiid found lt.'it i'OoJ, -JO4 (this was incuiu'd inthouignsof hisjtwo immediate pK de. c.-soi , faints the Second andjChai les tin. Soonnd Pi ior to that theie was no N.it on.il debt. William converted the King s debt into the National debt. K\ unoNK his hoard " Da\y Jones. 1 lotkei,' yet few know just who Davy .luiK s It and w hat hii locker coiiM&ts of. The tiaditiOD.il opinion is that the locker is at tin bottom ot the s -a oil' soundings. Its moutu is between two gigantic moimtaips, w ho.se Miles giadually lecede like those of a hmnel, for himdicds of miles. All currents tend thithei w&rd at a certain phase ot the moon, and thus e^'eiy lost sliip and c\eiy di owned sailor eventually dnits into the great submarine mouth. \\ hen anyeied by offence 3 against his unwntteii laws, puch as setting pail on Fiiday, carrying dead bodies, killing cats, dropping buckets and the like, sailors believe that Davy w ill personally appear and demand satisfaction — sometimes being satisfied with the sacrifice of one man and sometimes pulling a ship and its crew down into Ins locker. Many sailors aver that they have seen Davy Jones. L \\\ kl\<;i; and Frsr.LT.— Tlenry Fusell was a by birth. He studied art in Jtily, thinking to be an imitator of Michael \n<<clo ; the close of hi& life was spent in Kiiirland. As a painter he was bold and daring, and possessed great inventive powers ; but his imagination w as vei y apt to outsti ip his powers of his accomplishment, the ic&ult of which was alack of harmony and ease -in short, a &oi tof g'otcs()uenes-s, which at times appioached the honible. In Cunningham's " Life of "iir Thorn is Law rence" occuis a pangiaph concininy Fuseli which is woi th tiamciibing. When Sir Thomas had finished his celobiated painting of '• iSatan Gazing into the Abys>s," and had placed it on exhibition, it was pronounced to be the grandest thing of the kind ever painted. The conception of Satan — the pose— in fact, his exeiy look— was sub lime —tint ib, with the sublimity of the awful. It nettled Fu«cli to hear those encomiums, lie had painted Satan sovi'ial times, but had never received any such praise as was bestowed upon Lawlenee. Meeting Sir Thomas one day in company, Fuseh said to him " Aha ! Mb Thorn is, you clearly borrowed your idea of Satan from mo !" To which Lawience at once implied, " Indeed and in tiuth, Fuseli, I did take that idea fiom you ; but it was fiom your person, and not from your painting-room ! At the time when a number of us were assembled at Stock port, in Cheshire, you may lemember, y u stood upon a high lock ovei looking the Bay of Bristol, gazing upon the sea which rolled so mapniiicently at your fo'^t. You became enluptnral; and, w bile you were exclaiming ' Grand ! How grand, how terrific, how sublime the view !' you put your self into o:ie of the wildest of pobturcs. I thought, an I looked upon you in that position, of Sataii looking into the abyss, and I took out my note-book and a pencil and caught down a rapid sketch ot you. Here it is," he added taking his book from his pocket and showing the sketch. " And I do assure yon, Fuseli, the posture of my Satan was yours like then !" LIFK IN THE Ba.SII— TI«N AND NOW. — It is fjeni-rally supposed that in the bush we have to put up with many discomforts and privations in the shape of food Formerly it was 'so, but now, thanUs to T. R. Hill, who has himself dwelt in the buih, if food does consist chiefly, of tinned m^.-its his Coion'iAL Saucb gives to them, a most delectable flavour, making them as well ' of the plainest food most enjoyable, and instead l as hard biscuits and indigestible damper his Im-,> proved Colo.nmal Rakino Powdfr makes the* very best bread, scones, cilcc*, and pastry far superior and more, wholesome than yeast or leaven. Sold by all storekeepers \yho can obtain it from any merchant in Auckland. Rats .and Miob.— lf you • wish , to* destroy themt(?et,a f packet of HiLT,'»tyUGiCi"\&<.RMi>P Kil£iVr in Wftets. Gel, 9d, nnd H tb' be bKt'aineuV iff all storekeepers, or from T,, «. Him. byen» t closing an, extra ft*mp, " ,