The Coolgardie Brewing and Ice Co:

The Coolgardie Brewing and Ice Co Ltd

Mr W H Dodd, Secretary

The Coolgardie Brewing and Ice Company Limited was established in Toorak, a suburb of the town, in November, 1895, and has now become a valuable property. It is the finest building of its kind out of Perth or Fremantle, its works covering 4 1/2  acres of ground, and its average output being 140 hogsheads per week. Its nominal capital is £30.000, but of this only £15.000 has been called up, and the company declared dividends up to December last totalling £8250, so that by the present day more than 50 per cent, of the subscribed capital has been repaid to the shareholders, while the prospects of the company are exceedingly promising.
The company has a branch at Boulder City, which is a counterpart of the Coolgardie establishment, and the two breweries serve the whole of the goldfields. The beer is light and palatable, being admirably brewed by Mr T. Bock, a gentleman who has had long experience in the trade, both in New South Wales and West Australia. The establishments are perfectly equipped. Water is condensed on the premises, and the brewing rooms, bottling sheds and work shops are large and convenient: while underground cellars are provided to keep the beer cool in the hottest of weather.

The directors of the company are Messrs C. E. Stokes, G. H. Cooke. R. R Pell. T. F. Elliott and E. D. C Hand. I while the secretary is Mr W. H. Dodd. Mr Dodd was formerly chief account in Chaffey Bros, Limited in Melbourne and is regarded as one of the leading accountants in Coolgardie.

The Coolgardie Brewery was situated one a half miles from town on the Hampton Plains boundary and was officially opened by Mrs R. Bonnar in 1896.