FATE OF OLD KAURI
LANDMARK NEAR DAIRY FLAT HOUSE BUILT FROM TIMBER An 'old kauri tree, which has been standing dead in Horseshoe Bush, near 15Airy Flat, for the past 20 years, has been cut down and the timber is being used to build a five-roomed house on the main Albany Road. The tree, which was known as -the " Dunbar tree," wan a well-known landmark in the district;, and according to a former owner, Mr. J. M. Clinton, was one of the two trees to escape when the other kauris. on the property were felled about 60 years ago. Mr. Clinton stated 1 that his father had told "him that the other trees had been cut into shingles* at a time when corrugated iron was not in use in Auckland.
Some difficulty was experienced in milling the four logs cut from the tree on account of their size, as they were approximately 30ft. in girth. They had to be split by explosives, and although there was considerable loss on,thi?s account, the tree yielded 9.000 ft. of timber. This was quite sufficient to build the house.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21758, 24 March 1934, Page 10
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