THE TIMBER INDUSTRY.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5581, 29 July 1910, Page 3

THE TIMBER INDUSTRY.

NEW MILL AT, OMANAWA

The new mills erected at Omauawa Falls by Mr Collett, of Dannevirke, for Gammau's Tauranga Sawmilling Co., Ltd., cut the first log yesterday.

The capacity of this mill is about 12,000 feet per day. The mill is \ecy substantially put dowE and the benches and machinery ai-e on the lines usually used throughout H avke's Bay, wheie, for their size, they are the fastest cutting plants in the Dominion.

Mr Collett, of Messrs Collett and Pous, has been supervising tie work of buihliug, and ibis tirai ha-s had considerable experience in erecting mills and making mill machinery.

The running of the mill on the first trial was mo3t satisfactory, and reflects great credit on this firm.

Mr G. A. Gamman, of the firm of Messrs G. A. Gamman and Co., is at Tauranga, and represented his firm in inspecting the mill, and planning out the works of the company, and will, in all probability, soon become a resident of Tauranga, Another mill, of greater capacity, wiu be erected in a short time. We understand that the firm will be em ploying from 100 to 120 workmen, so that Omanawa Falls will soon be quite a township.

As the rimu timber in this district is of extra special quality and length, .and there are good facilities for shipping, the firm expect t© do considerable business in export to Australia, as well as all parts of the Dominion. As the estimate of the timber on this Paengaroa block is 200,000,000 feet, the iudustry will be of some years' standing, aud should be the forerunuer of a considerable area of land.