A MASTERTON LAND-MARK

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 6 September 1912, Page 5

A MASTERTON LAND-MARK

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. . One of Masterton's landmarks, Renall's Mill site, is to bo sold by auction by Messrs Dalgety and Co.. on October sth, acting on instructions from Mr R. Brown, on behalf of Mr A. W. Renall'. Tho property consists of 4'town acres, having a. frontage to Queen Street of 8 chains, and the same to Dixon Street, by r, depth of 5 chains. Tho Queen Street frontage faces,the Convent grounds, and the Dixon Street frontage faces the bowling green. The property will be subdivided into building allotments, and will be sold by auction <>n October sth. The lato Mr Renall landed in Masterton some 60 I years ao, when the town was practicalIly alt standing bush. With a remarkI ably intuitivo knowledge ho ; picked on. ! the very best site for a water power mill that could- havo been chosen, and, '•hero ho erected a flour mill, that was a boon to tho early settlers for many [years, and a source of steady, reasonable profit to himself. It was hero that the first blue-gums that ever | prow in tho district were planted by the late Mr Renall himself, who had "them given to him in Wellington, where he was attending the Provincial Council, of which body he was a prominent member. The old mill was run night and day, and Mr, Renall slopt on tho premises. The stopping of the water, wheel when he was asleep would arouse-him as certainly asi a nojso or a shake would aivaken an ordinary individual from his quiet slumbers. The old mill was destroyed bv fire some years ago, but the water"••beel stood until quite recently. There are somn ctirrin<r lions connoted with the mill-Fife, the demands of a growing township compel the demolition of land-marks and tho cutting up of tho most valuable sections. There will doubtless bo ,a spirited competition for tho old mill.