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In 1913 Ohlsson’s Cape Breweries decided to demolish the Masonic Hotel, and commissioned

John Parker to design a single storey building on the south side of the old Masonic. This building
(known today as the Annex) consisted of seven bedrooms, and one bathroom; and a store,

billiard- room, and a saloon and public bar on Main Road that became known as ‘die
Klipkantientjie’ and the necessary toilet facilities. (Figs. 5.8 & 5.9.) On completion of the new

building the Masonic Hotel was demolished.

On 1 May 1916 the Kalk Bay Hotel Company Limited was formed and its activities were

governed by the Company’s Act of 1892. In the Memorandum of Association the objects of this
company, amongst others, were to acquire from Ohlsson’s Cape Breweries the Masonic Hotel

and to enter into existing agreements with E. K. Green & Co., Wordon and Pegram (later

Schweppes) and Ohlsson’s Cape Breweries regarding liquor and soft drink supplies. The
Memorandum of Association also allowed the purchase and / or building of new / other

properties in order to carry on the business of an hotel. The capital was £20,000 divided into
20,000 shares of £1 each. There were seven member subscribers on forming the company and

each was issued with one share of £1. These subscribers were: Frederick Simon Green of E. K.
Green & Co., Spencer Ray – General Manager Ohlsson’s Cape Breweries, Thomas Herbert

Pegram of Wordon and Pegram, Cecil Whyte Harry – Brewery Manager Ohlsson’s Cape

Breweries, William Wilson Hewertson of E. K. Green & Co., Gerald D’Arcy Orpen of E. R.
Syfret and Co., and Henry Jesse Esq.

The first three subscribers were directors of the Kalk Bay Hotel Co. while the secretaries were E.

R. Syfret & Co. On 23 May 1927 the Kalk Bay Hotel Co. converted to a Private Company. The
Directors were then Cecil Whyte Harry, William Wilson Hewertson and Wallace Guy Pegram of

Wordon and Pegram. By becoming a Private Co. the number of members was limited to fifty and

there could be no issue of shares to the public. E. R. Syfret remained secretaries to this Co. and
were also the auditors. The Kalk Bay Hotel Co. was still a private company in November 1928

whereafter it was bought by the Union Castle Company.

The three erven which consisted of the Annex, the site of the demolished Masonic Hotel, and the

ground behind the Masonic were sold by Ohlsson’s Cape Breweries and transferred to the Kalk

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