Mandl, J. and Co. (Joseph Mandl) Brewers and Malsters, Fitzherbert Street, Hokitika. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. This firm's business is one of the foremost of its kind on the West Coast, and was established in 1875. Since then Mr. Mandl has won for the product of his brewery a good reputation along the Coast, as well as in Canterbury and the North Island, to which he personally pays periodical visits. In this way he keeps in touch with his numerous customers, and at the same time goes on extending his business. The brewery contains a twenty hogshead plant. About eighty hogsheads are kept in stock, the weekly output being from fifty to sixty hogsheads. For over twenty years this well-known brand of ale has been gradually improved, until it is now equal to the best in New Zealand. In 1893 Mr. Mandl purchased the very extensive and substantial malt-houses situated in Weld Street, formerly owned by Messrs Pizzey and Co., and erected at a cost of over £4000. Messrs Mandl and Co. gained honourable mention for ale in bulk at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition of 1888, and the gold medal for draught beer at the West Coast Exhibition of 1903–4. Mr. Mandl is referred to in another article as Mayor of Hokitika.