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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Hipkins And Coutts

Hipkins And Coutts (John Joseph Hipkins and Alfred Coutts), Wine and Spirit Merchants, Bottlers, and General Commission Agents, Elliot Street, Auckland. Established in 1895. The firm started as bottlers of Messrs Speight's celebrated Dunedin ale and stout, but owing to the wonderful expansion of its trade, and in order to meet the requirements of its numerous customers, it added the wine and spirit business. Messrs Hipkins and Coutts secured the sole agency of some of the most celebrated brands of whiskies, namely, Keith's Cadzow Old Liqueur Whisky, Baxter's Barley Bree, and P. Dawson's Perfection Scotch. These three brands are noted for their purity and age, and are guaranteed to be ten years old before shipment to the colony. Large bulk stocks of these whiskies are kept by the firm, and bottled and stored in its extensive cellars, whence it is forwarded to the firm's customers. Messrs Hipkins and Coutts bottle these whiskies from the wood in their natural purity, and they find that they are in great page 336 request in town and country. The Adelaide wines, which are bottled by the firm, are known for their purity and excellence, and are highly recommended by the medical faculty to invalids. The Wanganui cider, of which the firm has the sole agency, is manufactured from the proper cider apples, grown by the Wanganui Cider Company. This beverage has the reputation of being the finest made in the colony, and is extensively consumed during the summer months. The business of the firm has increased so much that two travellers are now employed in the interests of the company in town and country. The premises in Elliot Street are fine brick and concrete buildings, with ample cool cellarage, where large stocks of bottled wines (Spanish, French, and Australian), ales and spirits, are kept maturing, previous to delivery to the firm's customers. About seven men are employed in the bottling department, and at times they are unable to supply the demand. Owing to the energetic commercial qualities of the two partners, the business of the firm is one of the most progressive in Auckland.