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Lion Brewing and Malting Company of Jerningham Street, Lower North Adelaide was one of the many breweries which proliferated in Australia in the nineteenth-century. In those days beer was much cheaper than now; the wholesale price was 1/ a gallon, but transport was expensive, and small breweries were to be found all over the country. Most of these have now disappeared, having either closed down or become merged in larger businesses. Lion Brewing and Malting eventually confined itself to malting barley and manufacture of aerated waters and cordials. The company was floated in 1888 in order to secure the brewing, hotel and property assets of Beaglehole and Johnston, issuing 75,000 shares of £1 each.〔(Lion Brewery and Malting Company ) ''South Australian Register'' 14 April 1888 p.6 accessed 12 March 2011〕 The company owned many hotels in South Australia including the Cross Keys Hotel at Dry Creek 〔(Cross Keys Hotel ) ''The Mail'' Saturday 14 June 1913 supplement p.3 accesses 12 March 2011〕 (and subdivided around 20 acres adjacent in 1912),〔(Crosskeys subdivisional sale ) ''The Mail'' 28 September 1912 supplement p.1〕 the Flagstaff Hotel, Darlington,〔(Hotels objected to ) ''The Advertiser'' 11 March 1914 p.5 accessed 12 March 2011〕 the Oriental Hotel in Osmond Terrace, Norwood and the Bath Hotel at 91 King William Street in the city. Later in the 20th century it became a shareholder in another major hotel owner, Knapman and Sons, and bought out that company in 1973. ==Johnston brothers== Andrew Galbraith Johnston (1827 – 18 December 1886) and James Johnston (1818 – 12 April 1891) and three other brothers, all of Campbeltown, Scotland, arrived in South Australia on the Buckinghamshire early in 1839 with their father, who soon built one of South Australia's first malthouses and founded the town of Oakbank.〔(Sudden death of Mr. J. Johnston ) ''The Advertiser'' 14 April 1891 p.5 accessed 13 March 2011〕〔(Centenary of Oakbank ) ''The Advertiser'' 25 January 1940 p. 13 accessed 13 March 2011〕 He served a ten-year apprenticeship as a draper, then opened a shop in Reedy Creek which he left for the goldfields. He was quite successful and with his brother James, after a brief stint as a miller in Bridgewater, joined his father's brewing business and together built it into a highly profitable business.〔(untitled article ) He died of throat cancer after three months' illness. ''South Australian Advertiser'' 23 December 1886 p. 6 accessed 13 March 2011〕 Robert Cock, a "first settler" who accompanied Governor Hindmarsh on , and for whom Cox's Creek was named, has been reported as founder of the malting business.〔(Concerning People ) ''The Register'' 19 November 1901 p. 5 accessed 13 March 2011〕 and had a substantial farm in the area.〔 James Johnston was one of the best-known men in the south, as his firm had business connections and valuable hotel property in all the principal centres of the district. He took an active interest in the politics of the Onkaparinga district and was generous in his support of the Woodside and Mount Barker Institutes. He was one of the founders of the Mount Barker Agricultural Society (missing only one of its first 44 annual shows) and with his brother Andrew was an active promoter of the Onkaparinga Racing Club (now Oakbank Racing Club), and its Great Eastern Steeplechase, first run in 1876. He was an enthusiastic proponent of "acclimatisation of useful species" and stocked the district about his home with Californian quail, and filled the Onkaparinga with perch.〔 He was married to Minnie Disher,(died 11 April 1900) a sister of Lady Milne. James's son John Disher Johnston was a partner in the brewery.〔 Another son, J. S. Johnston (1871?–22? May 1892) was partner in the Broken Hill, New South Wales brewing firm of Simpson, Johnston and Co.〔(Death of Mr J. S. Johnston ) ''Barrier Miner'' (Broken Hill) 24 May 1892 p. 2 ac cessed 13 March 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lion Brewing and Malting Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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