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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Archer, Nathaniel Barnard

Archer, Nathaniel Barnard, Flourmiller, Ravenswood Roller Flour Mill, Woodend. This well known mill, which is of wood and iron, and contains two stories and a basement, was built about 1856. The plant, which produces about a sack of flour per hour, is driven by a water-wheel, of about five-horse power. The water-race was originally out by the Rev. John Raven, one of the earliest settlers in the district. Mr. Raven also built the mill, which has been worked by the present proprietor since 1882. Mr. Archer was born in 1846 in Essex, England, where his father was a farmer, and he himself was brought up to the milling business. He landed in Lyttelton on the 1st of January, 1870, and in the following year he went to Australia, but returned to New Zealand in 1872, and settled at Southbrook. A year later, he went to Christchurch, and after twelve months removed to Oxford, where he lived for three years. Since settling in the district Mr. Archer has served for a good many years, on the Waikuku school committee, and holds office as a member of the Waikuku Domain Board He was married, in 1878, to a daughter of Mr. J. Maddison, of Templeton, and has three sons and four daughters surviving.