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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 27, 3 April 1891, Page 19

By invitation of the Messrs Hayward Brothers, of the New Zealand Pickle Factory, Kilmore street, o'ir Christchurch rcpre sentative paid a vrisit to the establishment, and was introduced to the large storeroom where the vegetables to be pickled are first taken and shot into large casks of brine. Several tons of these were awaiting lemoval to the sorting and cleaning department, in which quite a renimeiH of gir,s are employed in cutting up aid preparing the material for maturing before their final appearance in the neatly labelled bottles which exhibit the now wel'-known " Flag brand " Tne factory is divided in eu-h a way thar confusion is imp)ssible The boiled pickles are gathered in i large well-verjtila'ed room' Ntxt comes the t o M le-w,ishing uepartmeit, adjoining which are the' Urge sheds. Trie vi iegar stor. s, botding, tacking, and other departments were all inspected, and the sj in which are canied on the work t,f s.mce manufacturing and fruit preseiving. A large number of hands aie tmplo>ed in the factory, besides which the Messrs Hayward are giving employment to holders of small sections, from whom thry buy vegetables in small quantities at remunerative prices. The proprietors have since commencing business gained no less ihan 20 awards for excellence, including certificates from the Dunedin Exhibition for pickle*, fruits, and sauces,