DAIKIE'S BRICKWORKS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1246, 30 September 1911, Page 22

DAIKIE'S BRICKWORKS.

Far over fifty years Messrs. .Daikie and Ron have been making bricks in Marlborough. The. business was commenced by Mr. W. T. Daikie, senr., and is now being continued by his son, Mr. H. G. Daikie. A sou of the' present owner will' shortly bo admitted as a partner in tho business, and there is every probability that Dai-

kie's brickworks will bo a flourishing industry in Marlborough for very many years" to come. Tho firm has supplied. the bricks for most of the important buildings-in the province. In addition, to making the bricks they keep a stall' of bricklayers constantly employed. The j uiial business was carried on by tho founder of tho business in the early days, and at otic period in the history of the pro- ; vincc ail important part of his work was : travelling from station to station and j building in the large coppers in which j sheepfarmers boiled their surplus sheep | down for tho value of tho fat. Messrs-. ; Dailcie and Son make a speciality of j pressed and ornamental bricks, and they ■ are at the present time experimenting : with roofing tiles. Tho clay at their j works at Elevation, near Picton, is special- | ly suited for" tho manufacture of tiles, I and Mr. Daikie considers he lias succeeded i in producing an article equal to anything which is imported. Ono of the special advantages enjoyod by this firm is that

their works are close alongside tho railway line, as will bo seen in an illustration which appears in this issue. This enables them to supply bricks much cheaper than manufacturers who liavo more handling and long distances to cart. Tho kilns at tho works are capable of holding 75,000 bricks at one burn, and tho supply of clay, iu addition to being of splendid quality, is practically inexhaustible.