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Nelson Historical Society Journal, Volume 3, Issue 1, October 1974

Ronga Valley

Ronga Valley

Baigents erected a mill on Hewetson's property in the Ronga Valley about 1915 and milled timber from this and a neighbouring section. Robertsons erected a mill at the head of the Ronga on a property which I owned and milled an area of adjacent Crown land about 1923. (Bill Holland was manager of the mill). Another mill was erected on my place about 1930 by Hewetsons and they worked an area of Crown land on the west side of the Ronga Valley. (It must have been a lean time for Hewetsons as the slump page 41was on, and I can remember paying eight shillings per hundred feet for quite good timber). From my place Hewetsons moved to their own property and milled timber there for years, getting logs from far and wide. This mill has now closed down.

The other mill in the Ronga Valley was erected by Simpson and Templeman on Turner's property. They logged an area of country which had been by-passed by both Brownlees and Robertsons (now owned by Don Leov).

Adrian Leov erected a small mill on his property (now owned by a Mr Biggs). This is a property that has changed hands numerous times.