Inscription on reverse reads: “Probably Coley’s Mill”

Flaxmill at Foxton probably Coleys. In this photograph a group of men are stacking fibre onto a cart.

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Inscription on reverse reads: “27 Aug. 1974. Last flax being cut.”

The last cutting of flax at the Moutoa swamp. A tractor towing a bin is being used to complete the process.

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Inscription on reverse reads: “Bill Kuiti”

Bill Kuiti driving a tractor through the flax at Moutoa Estate, 1974.

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Fibre drying in paddocks probably in Shannon area. In the background are the Tararua Ranges

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Inscription on reverse reads: “Huia Flaxmill, Harbour Street, Foxton, 1912. This mill was owned by Mr J Rose from 1908 to 1917. Mr Rose and his infant son Horace can be seen in the right foreground of this photograph. Donated by Mr Horace Rose of Pahiatua, 1969. Copy negative held by I R Matheson of Palmerston North.”

Huia Flaxmill, Harbour Street, Foxton, 1912. Owned by J Rose from 1908 – 1917. Mr Rose and his infant son, Horace, can be seen in the right foreground of the photograph. Flax fibre is coming out from the washers in the flaxmill.

Mounted print and copy.

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Flax fibre paddock with fences covered with fibre. This photograph was possibly taken at the north end of Foxton.

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Flax commissioners in 1914 but no names are available.

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Two unidentified gentlemen pose with fibre and flax outside an unidentified flaxmill in Foxton.

One mounted photograph and a copy.

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