Untitled

Kumara Times, Issue 843, 13 June 1879, Page 4

There is a small quantity of "Colonial witte" drank in Greymouth aDd it, neighbor. hood, in fact it is rather a fashionable drink, and this is how some of it is manufactured, according to the Dnnedin Star :—The case in the District Court—" Maurice Tondut v the South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company "—revealed a rather remarkable development of native industry probably un known to most residents in the Provincial district. The action, with the merits of which we have no concern, was to recover the value of certain casks of w ne destroyed in the late fire, «nd concerning which wine the plaintiff, with admirable simplicity, gave the following remarkable evidence :—" The wine was the balance of a quantity the plaintiff had made three years aao at Tokomariro, and ■was manufactured jrom black currnts, Spanteh arid, sultana raisins, with a mixture of brandy and sugar. Altogether about 53 or 54 casks had been manufactured, and were brought to Duedin where he insured 38 quarter-caeks of the wine for six months in the South British. By selling to different hotelkeepers the amount was reduced to 14 casks—on which the present insurance was The price at which the wine was sold was 10s a gallon. It would be interesting to know under what designation this, precious decotion was vended, and who are the "different hotelkeepers" who purchased casks of the wme for the delectation of their customers.