THE HELESSVILLE SAWMILL COMPANY.
Tuts newly-' started i company. ha 3 . already commenced to supply the market, andour attention has bran drawnby Mr..Fonghy, contractor/for ';the :erection of tho railway, engiaeshedi, to the splendid quality of the. timber, and the excellent manner :in which,ithas' been cat. . • Mn Cartis Moorei far many, yean 'manager, of theShortland BiwmUl, is the manager. Some of the timberi supplied to; Mr. Fougli'y. are 33ft. lengths l'2in.x6in., but the specialty of the'.mill is the.great lengths- which it ia fitted .to.cat. It can. turn out lengths of 55 0r.56 feet, so that it is suitable for. turning out lengths ofall ordinarysizes, and in "this respect it will supply, a much needed want. - Hitherto j7hen,;-conf tractors 7 reqniredlbrsg or extraordinary sizes they {had to go into the bush, select their own trees, and ha.vethemsawnbyhand,but this will- now be no longer, necessary... The kauri is principally obtained from the Kao-. kapikapa district"" and- of the Helensville river. --Mr.-Moore i 3 at present cutting some'timberjf, 44 feet"in length, for the, contractor -for the ; Tamahere bridge, Waikato, .and is affording the fullest satisfaction. The company, .which is -mostly composed of local shareholders; has sent to England .the latest"' improved -planing machinery, and when this'arrivra they will be'in a position to supply, dressed, a3 well as | sawn, timber. ' ■ "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6485, 30 August 1882, Page 6
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215THE HELESSVILLE SAWMILL COMPANY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6485, 30 August 1882, Page 6
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