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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. John Mill

Mr. John Mill , Principal of the firm of John Mill and Co., was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, and arrived at Port Chalmers, in 1862, by the ship “Sarah Anne.” At first he joined the pilot service, under Captain Thomson, but after three years of that employment he decided to enter business on his own account. Accordingly he brought from Messrs Robison and Co., the only stevedoring business then carried on at Port Chalmers. It was then a small concern, but with the increase of trade at the Port, and Mr. Mill's unvarying attention to the interest of his customers, the business has become one of the largest in the colony. Mr. Mill is elsewhere referred to as a former Mayor of Port Chalmers.

Wrigglesworth and Binns photo. Mr. J. Watson.

Wrigglesworth and Binns photo.
Mr. J. Watson.