Staff of the Rangiwahia-Ruahine Dairy Company standing outside the factory with teams of horses pulling carts presumably loaded with dairy products. The factory was built by L.G. West of Palmerston North early in 1898, and began production the following year. At that time it was managed by W.C. Dixon. Water power was introduced to the factory in late 1906.
The date of this photo is unknown.
The Makino Butter Factory was established in 1883, under the ownership of William Wescombe Corpe. This photo shows staff outside the factory, believed to have been taken in 1900. In 1903, the factory was sold to Joseph Nathan & Co.
In the photo, left to right: W. Entwistle, ….., W. W. Corpe, ….., ....., ......, ...., Katie Corpe (child), ....., ....., A. W. Corpe.
This photo shows staff outside the Makino Butter Factory in 1900. The factory was founded by William Wescome Corpe, a pioneer of the Manawatu dairy industry. He arrived in the Feilding region in the early 1880's and had constructed a butter and cheese factory at Makino by 1883. He sold the factory in 1903, to Joseph Nathan & Co. Ltd. of Wellington. Standing, left to right: Jack Murray (buttermaker), William Entwisle (engineer), ......, A. W. Corpe, W. W. Corpe (owner), Bill Robinson. Seated: Mr. Streeter, ......, ......, Mr. Schwass.
The original Cheltenham Co-operative Dairy Co. buildings, opposite the Cheltenham Hotel. The registered brand name, "Pakeha", can be seen on the building also.
Date and photographer unknown.
(Lydia Smith, 2021)
Milk trucks and their drivers at the Cheltenham Co-operative Dairy Co.
Stanway Creamery was located near the junction of Stanway Road and Makino Road, and was built in 1893, for the purpose of supplying Corpe's factory at Makino with fresh cream to be churned into butter.
Machinery at the Cheltenham Co-operative Dairy, founded in 1893.
The truck is clearly kitted out to take part in a Centennial parade - note "1840 - 1940" (Simon Johnson 2010)
Beaconsfield creamery. The directors of the Cheltenham Dairy Factory paid a visit to the site of the proposed creamery on 25 April 1901. The creamery was opened on 30 October of the same year. The machinery and equipment was described as being of the best materials procurable.
Erection of the creamery began in early 1901 with operations getting underway in October of the same year.
Waituna Butter Factory. Tenders were called for the erection of the factory, to be run in conjunction with the Rewa factory, in early 1898. By December the same year the factory was completed.