BIRCH MOST DANGEROUS TIMBER
“Birch is the most dangerous timber to fall in the New Zealand bush,” said an appellant before the No. 9A Manpower Committee at Greymouth. He said that a good many bushmen did not fell birch unless they received special instinct ions to do so. The felling of birch was responsible for the r.ajority of fatal accidents in connection with bush felling As soon as the saw was put in, a birch tree was liable to split up with .the grain, thus causing danger to the bushmen. Special skill was required in order to prevent the trees cracking.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15075, 22 June 1942, Page 4
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