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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. John Robert Mills , the Senior Partner, was born in Tasmania in 1839. He came to Riverton in 1857, and started a store and hotel, which he managed until he established his present business about the year 1879. He took his son into partnership in 1897. Mr Mills was a member of the Riverton Borough Council for about twelve years, and was mayor for four terms, three in succession. He was a member, and also chairman, of the local school committee for several years, and served on the Athenaeum committee, and on the local racing club, for which he was judge for two years. Mr Mills was married, in 1870, and has a family of six sons and four daughters.