More Info →Dining room and staff ready for opening of Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon

Description

Miranui Flaxmill, owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd, was opened 16 November 1907 by the Hon, Robert McNab (Minister of Lands and Agriculture). The man on the far right is the mill cook, known as ‘Immortal Phipps’. Miranui Flax mill was the largest and most up-to-date flax mill in New Zealand at the time.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Fx 16

Date

November 16, 1907

Digitisation ID

2007P_Fx16_A-E_0307

Held In

"Coolstore"