Tomoana Freezing Works

Centennial Float 1984

Nelsons (New Zealand) Limited float in parade celebrating 100 years of Hastings, 4 February 1984

2 – TOMOANA
NELSONS (NZ) LIMITED

3 – William Nelson Esq.
100
One Hundred Years

Office

Photo caption on rear – “Nelson Bros office, now the office of the secretary of the A & P Society”

Text on sign –

“TOMOANA
Henry Williams and Sons.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
IRONMONGERS
NAPIER & HASTINGS”

Tomoana Freezing Works

Engineer fitters at Tomoana Freezing Works boiler house
Bill Elms on left – this is where he did an apprenticeship and gained his engineering experience

Tomoana Freezing Works 1973

Aerial view of Tomoana Freezing Works, 1973, by James White

Photo belonged to Gordon Taylor, father-in-law of Jim Woolrich

Tomoana Freezing Works

Inside Tomoana Freezing Works where Bill Elms did an apprenticeship and gained his engineering experience

Tomoana Freezing Works

Bill Elms doing maintenance on Tomoana Freezing Works train engine
The Hastings Showgrounds is behind the houses