Through digging on the site of old pits of Gledhill’s tannery, established in 1853 on tlie corner of King and Dawson Streets, New Plymouth, two pieces of puketea wood and a small slab of leather have been recovered. These have been presented to- the New Plymouth museum. The w’ood, which is a soft wood, is wonderfully preserved, and has been polished to show a pretty grain. The leather is stiff, but as tough and strong as it was when it was made three-quarters of a century ago. Another acquisition to the museum is a Maori adze in good condition. found on the Waimate Plains near Hawera in 1880. The adze was rooted out of the ground by pigs.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 267, 7 August 1929, Page 15
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118Untitled Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 267, 7 August 1929, Page 15
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