Edward William Mills This business was established by E. W. Mills (1829–1900) in 1856 in Aurora Terrace (later the site of his large house Sayes Court, beside the Wellington Club on The Terrace) as the Lion Foundry. The foundry, which by then employed 120 men, was moved in March 1871 to
reclaimed land by the harbour at Waring Taylor Street extending to Customhouse Quay about 1872. Steamers and
locomotives were built and repaired on the waterfront site. Major contracts were undertaken for railways, shipping, tramways, sawmills and the like. was appointed foundry manager in 1872 then became a partner of E W Mills. The business operated under the name Mills & Cable.
C M Luke and
John Luke were on the foundry staff at this time. Wellington's first telephone — without an exchange — was installed by Mills in 1878 between his various business premises. Cable took full ownership of Lion Foundry in 1883.
Cable-Price The merchandising interests of Cable's and its foundry were merged with
A&G Price in 1951 and
Cable Price Corporation was incorporated. It is now a subsidiary of
Hitachi Construction Machinery. ==E W Mills and Briscoe==