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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXIII, Issue 81, 26 April 1901, Page 2

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formal opetiiu: "f Hlnek's Brick and Tile works took place yesterday. Thero fnir muster of visitors in response f.lie iuvitatiou of the enterprising prietors fiom the district \Valtera and New Plymouth. Amongst the latter were M<-hwb. Doekrill (Mayer), A. .J. Mdntosb (manager Hank Australasia), A,h>e r , Richmond (solicitor), Brooking, Todd. Pikett, i.'rocker, Hooker, Coil's, Hill, Wallatb, Amount a number of ladies present we' e M esdaraes Dockrill, Brooking, Mcintosh, Ticket, WaUath, and Misi Ahier. of the Nkws, fh'i'ahl, and Wailara Mail, were also present. After a charming drive, (•vei vbody was glad to find lunch laid in ono of the drying shtds, presided over by Mrs. Black, Mis- Jollanil others, some 40 odd sitting down to the table. After everyone bad done full justice 1 the works were inspected and everyone having gathered in from the engine room, Mr. Dockrill said they were all thwre at the invitation of the eatery prising proprietor! »o see the pveceßs cf ' making bricks and inspect the quality of the manufactured article. Some 20 years ago an attempt had been made to make bricks in the tame place, Messrs Joll and Black had, however, put in, as they saw, a very complete plant, up-to-date in ev*ry respect, and ' capable, very shortly, bf turning out ■ 90,000 bricks a month. The also i»- > tended to turn out drain pipen and tilea 1 and hoped to be able to supply the I whole of the large di'tucta of New t Plymouth, Waitara and Taraaaki as a 1 whole. It was expected to be able to f supply the market at a saving of 20ito t 30s per thousand to the consumer, and th« need not tell them of the value of '• such works as a means of employingaconIsiderable amount of labour. Tkuas* who had started these works deserved every

success. As thoy would see considerable progress had already been made and a good article turned out and it was eri-

dent that the right man bud been secured im the per>oo of Mr Smith, Ha proposed success to the proprietor! Messrs Joll and Black and called for three hearty cheers for tbem. Mr Richmond, solicitor to the firm, then wade a very humorou* speech, in which I Ine referred to the antiquity of brioks, Brickmaking was no n«w industajr, going back to the earliest times be referred to the many rtf rences to bricks in sacred And secular his* ory, including the Tower of Babel. Ho was 6ure they would all be pleased to see these br cki making their appecranee in New Plymouth, helping to build up the bent of fesling be'wocn Waitfi.ru and New Plymouth and he whs sure all would join in tlio Mayor's wish for the sue* ctss of the works. Mr B'ack returned 'hanks tad said the paddock originally be longed to him and was his best fattening paddor-k and when Mr Jell came te try nod gat it eff him, he concluded Mr Joll wanted to fatten off it too. It ended in bis joining in the ranture and he hoped to see the industry grow into 1-rge dimensions.

Mr Joll ah o thanked M Dockrill fer his goad wisher, and < very one pteseat for tbeir produce that day, he could awre them that no pi-ins wou'd be sp it oil on (ho psrt of Mr Black and hiK-uelf to m».ke the wo.'lcs ft success.

At this point a heavy shower caused every o e ti i seek t-helt- r aid ioott tifU'i-wanis tiio glaring dispewd. The wrrlw at- pr-'sr-K 4- consi-t of a down draft kiln of 2!?,500 c p.eity and a flue 8 feat square at t>o ime, 45 foot high, a second kiln h in progress of cms ruction and provVon ig made for 4 kilos ia nil if required. The Aim »nd kiln have been built, by Mr. Stacey, of Wellington, The i.tick-nuking machine has a capacity of 1000 bricks •■m hour, nnd and the machinery is d'iven by a Knkfe's engine and boiler of 10 liur.-e po'ver. There are four drying* sheds of a capacity of 96,000 brick*, which cm be cousidma )y ircreised at little nxpouxe. The in »r agement is is the h£'ids of Mr. .Smith, aud seven hands are employed. The quality of the brick, one kiln of which has been burned, appears very gojd. It is, wo understand, intordrri to employ a traction engine so that the bricks can he delivered in any part of thn province with only one handli Messrs Joll aud Black ate certainly to be congffttul itod on their r-nttrpiise and tho admirable position of thuir works, and fclio quality of the material available.