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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
The Heddon Bush Flaxmill
The Heddon Bush Flaxmill (James Thomson, proprietor), Heddon Bush. This mill was established in 1903. The building is of wood and iron, and is situated on a site of twenty acres of land, on the bank of the Aparima river. The machinery is driven by a twelve horse-power steam engine, and the output is about twenty tons of dressed flax per month. The raw material is drawn from the Drummond and Bayswater districts, and about thirty men are employed in connection with the mill.