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Waghorn and Sons - Mackay 1930 -1980 Waghorn's and Sons cordial factory was commenced on 1 April 1930 from a factory located at 64 Gordon Street. The Waghorn's took over the business from the Balzer family. Even though the Balzers were only in business only 9 months, Waghorn's continued the Balzer's Aerated Waters name for a few years afterward. The business won the first prize at the Queensland Royal National Show in Brisbane in 1940 for Waghorn’s special dry ginger ale. They also held the franchise for the "Jusfrute" drinks in Mackay for many years. The Waghorn family continued the business until Charles Waghorn, one of the ‘sons’ retired and sold the business to Charlie Takagaki on 1 July 1967. The business continued to trade under the name of Waghorn and Sons and was later moved from Gordon Street to a new factory in Victoria Street in 1979. In 1980 the business was taken over by Harrup’s Mackay. The old factory in Gordon Street was demolished in mid-1984 to make way for extensions to the New Pioneer Motors car yard. Source: www.mackayhistory.org/research/softdrink/waghorns.html

"While trying to assemble a list of names & dates of Cordial Manufacturers in Maryborough, we seem to have uncovered yet another "Maryborough Myth". The History of Maryborough, editions 1976 & 1996, state that J.R.Mansfield established the first Cordial Factory in Maryborough in 1859. However, Mansfield's name was Samuel, born about 1841 in Essex, arrived in Melbourne in 1862 & worked in the gold fields in Victoria, before coming to Gympie in 1867 for the gold rush there. The "Chronicle" reported on 2 Sept 1869 that he had taken over the factory of his brother-in-law George Sutton. The Mansfield family remained in business for 3 generations, & were still operating in the 1970s. Can anyone tell us the exact date they closed? Any information & photos on any of the Cordial makers would be appreciated. So far we have 20 different firms, & there could be more." Source: www.facebook.com/maryboroughfamilyhistory/posts/while-try...

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