Dross Drossou established a cordial factory in Orbost in the 1930s. He sold his cordial manufacturing business to Phillips and Stone, a Bairnsdale company, in 1948. Glass bottles were refillable until the 1960s, creating a demand for their collection and onsale back to beverage manufacturers via ‘bottle merchants’. A deposit on the bottles was added to all sales as they left the factory. The returned bottles were washed and the old label removed. The inside was cleaned by pushing the bottle onto a revolving brush. The reusing of the bottles went on until the bottle was broken or the top became chipped.This bottle is an example of a product manufactured by a local industry which no longer exists.A clear glass bottle which has a broken top. The bottle is seamed.Base - AGM F516 Front (written sideways) - A DROSSOU ORBOST Bottom (written around whole bottle) This bottle is the property of A Drossou Orbost M bottle drossou container soft-drink

A clear glass bottle with a paper label and a metal screw lid. It is a cordial bottle which contained Kia-Ora FRUIT CUP FRUIT JUICE CORDIAL. It held 26 fluid ounces. The label has pictures of fruit with red print on a white background and white print on a blue background.Lid - in pencil - 3/4 Base - AGM S M 183 On paper label - Kia-ora FRUIT CUP FRUIT JUICE CORDIALbeverage bottle container cordial kia-ora

Aqua tinted clear glass bottle, ellipse in section, for stopper seal, with text embossed on each side and base.Side 1 : 'KRUSES PRIZE MEDAL MAGNESIA'. Side 2 : FELTON GRIMWADE & CO MELBOURNE'. Base : AGM logo used 1912-1923.magnesia, chemist, john kruse

Letter to advise that John Cook will be retiring shortly after the AGM on 6 October 2000, and that after lunch on that day, there will be a surprise tribute to him. Invitation to attend and to keep the event a secret from him.2 letters on Vision Australia Foundation letterheadnon-fictionelizabeth maxwell, neil maxwell, vision australia foundation, john cook

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This bottle was used in a period when "soft" drink ginger beer was "brewed" not only in homes but also in specific breweries. Most rural areas had families which produced their own ginger beer. Medium to large towns and cities had ginger beer "factories". These factories had large "on bottle" advertising who the producer was. This producer advertising was firmly infused into the bottle and not on removable labels (late 1900's on wards). Regional breweries had a strong following, similar to State beer producing breweries. The competition between breweries of ginger beer was regional and not state or international. Return of bottles was not a sign of saving the environment or becoming eco- friendly but a requirement to keep production costs low. This is highlighted by "This bottle Remains the Property", in other words return when empty. Up to the end of the second World War Australian "soft drink" demand was for local produce. The American invasion of other flavours of "soft drink" came in the 1950's. Multi -Corporations producing non alcoholic beverages at lower production costs reduced local manufacturers considerably. This however had little effect on semi isolated rural areas where home brews flourished.This bottle shows the impact that small regional towns had and still have on semi isolated rural communities(Kiewsa Valley). With better communications (radio/television/newspapers) and a better transport connections specialised breweries such as the Wangaratta Brewery had an extensive customer "hinterland" to serve. The "canny" rural population would be able to reuse this bottle for their own specific purpose. Because of the long distances between Kiewa Valley residences and the major towns available to them, the issue of adaptability of any purchases made was always closely linked to their long term usefulness.This bottle is made from thick clear glass and has a capacity of one and a half pints. It has a flat top with a wooden screw stopper (internal thread). On one side "THIS BOTTLE REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF WANGARATTA BREWERY PTY LTD" On the top rim of bottle on both sides "17". On the bottom of the base are "AGM" AND "346"ginger beer bottle, soft drink bottles, cordial bottles, wangaratta drinks

Written on back of photograph, "1987, AGM - Life Membership presented to Jack Lindsay, Hon. Sec. by Cr. John Caffyn". Ringwood Historical Research Group

Annual Report. The 101st Annual Report of the Sandhurst Trustees Ltd. for the year 1988. A 24 page booklet which includes a list of Directors (with photos), financial statements, department reports. Also includes photos of previous Directors from 1888 to 1985. An insert is a notice of the AGM to be held 17 April 1989.Printed by Cambridge Press, Bendigosandhurst trustees, bendigo