Kauri Gum From Crutch And Barrel
Kauri gum such as is rarely met with these days but which was common 50 years ago forms part of a collection on view in a Cameron Street shop.
In little frequented bushes, long strips of the dark coloured gum used to suspend from kauri barrels and branches, and it is a piece of this nature, just as it was lopped off a tree in the Opuawhanga bush nearly 40 years ago, which forms such a striking contrast to--polished gums also cn display.
Another piece is a lump taken from the crutch of a tree.
In a closely-forking kauri as much as 2001'ds were lifted from the one place, these being easy pickings indeed for the digger.
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Northern Advocate, 9 January 1940, Page 8
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