VICE-REGAL VISIT TO THE KAURI TIMBER CO.'S WORKS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9497, 28 April 1894, Page 6

VICE-REGAL VISIT TO THE KAURI TIMBER CO.'S WORKS.

Yesterday afternoon His Excellency the Governor, attended by Major Elliot {private secretary) and Captain Clayton, A.D.C., visited the Kauri Timber Company's extensive mills and factory in Custom-street. In the absence of Mr. E. F. Broad, the general manager (at present visiting some of the country mills in company with Messrs. Brown and Peacock, directors), the Government House party was received by the local chairman, Mr. E. T. Dufaur, with Messrs. Watson and Wade, local directors, and Mr. A. P. Friend, local secretary. Under the guidance of Mr. T. H. White, mill manager, these gentlemen were taken over the works. They first visited the booms, which at the present time contain fc million and a half feet of round timber, the logs varying from two feet up to ten feet in diameter, and from ten to 80 feet in leni?th. His Excellency expressed great surprise at the vast amount of timber stored, and admiration of the immense logs in the booms, stating that he had never seen such a quantity of timber in any one spot before. From the boom the party then proceeded to inspect that portion of the mill, in which the haulingup and breaking down of logs takes place, and for His Excellency's special | edification an immense log measuring some i 10 feet in diameter by 40 feet long was placed \ on the break-down bench and cut in the presence of the visitors. The party then visited the log frame, where a log 3ft 6in in diameter was cut into boards at one operation. After an inspection of the other Baws and machinery in the east mill, they wore conducted to the box department, situated in the west wing. In this department all kinds of boxes were being made by machinery, and staves, broom handles, and pickets were being turned out in immense quantities. One of the gentlemen so much admired the automatic broom handle machinery and caught its principle so readily that he, in a thoroughly workmanlike manner, put through several handles himself. From the box department the visitors then proceeded to the joinery department, and here they were surprised tft the multiplicity of the machines in use and the number of men employed. The first production of this department which came under their notice was a large bow window and a church window 14 feet by 9 feet 6 inches, now in course •of construction. The party were shown the various machines used in the manufacture of doors, sashes, and joinery of every description, and they very much admired the new polishing machinery which has recently been added to the company's plant. This machine, which is called the Oronaku Polisher, turns out its work in an exceptional manner, and His Excellency pronounced the work as perfect. After spending some three hours in the machine, carving, and turnery departments, the party finally descended to the general rffice, where they were presented with a variety of walking sticks made during their Btay on the premises, and various curios of New Zealand timber. His Excellency then thanked the members of the company for the courtesy shown him, and expressed his gratification at having had the pleasure of visiting so large an establishment, and informed Mr. Friend, the local secretary, that he would visit the company's mills at the Kaipara and also some of the company's bushes when he is in the neighbourhood next week. On inquiring the number of men employed he was much gratified to find that in Auckland alone the company at present employs some 400 men, and cut up on the average 350,000 feet of timber per week.

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