The best class of timber for house-piles formed the subject of a little cross-talk at the Supreme Court at New Plymouth last week. One witness said black hinau was very good for this purpose, as it would last for a period varying from 40 to 60 years. Mr Justice Reed said that in the North puriri was favoured for house-piles. a chef. How absurd !” “Oh, I don’t know! Perhaps that’s how she gets her to stay.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3612, 5 June 1923, Page 44
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