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Previous | Contents | § In this photo a team of Kauri bushmen pose with the massive tree they’ve just felled. They’ve built special staging so the two “cross-cutters” can stand high enough up the trunk to work the saw. Another man on top of the log drives wedges to keep the cut ... Read more
§ Transcript of Hugh’s 1950s radio talks, # 4 In the very early days, the only method of transporting the logs was by water. This meant that only the very handiest of timber was worked. That is to say, only trees growing near a gully or stream would be taken. ... Read more
§ Transcript of Hugh’s 1950s radio talks, # 3 The number of beasts in a bullock team was usually governed by the job it had to do. For instance, there is the breaking out team and the skid road team or wagon team as the case may be. The breaking ... Read more
§ Transcript of Hugh’s 1950s radio talks, # 2 In my last talk, I discussed the establishment of a bush camp and supplying it—building a shanty, packing in supplies, and so on. In this one, I want to tell you something about the felling of the trees themselves. When we ... Read more
§ Transcript of Hugh’s 1950s radio talks, # 1 The heyday of the Kauri bushmen ended in about 1914. Before that time large camps, some more permanent than others, were operating in the bush throughout Northland, and it is about the men in these camps that I’m going to talk ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next My mother Dorothy was very proud of the McCarroll boys, and showed it in the newspaper clippings and memorabilia she passed on. I don’t know when this photo was taken, but given my grandfather doesn’t look much older than in his 1911 wedding photos, I assume it ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next Jack was a member for 18 years, and chairman for eight years, of the Kaipara Hospital Board, a member of Hobson County Council for 17 years, 20 years a member of the Kaipara Licensing Bench and a member of the North Auckland Power Board since its inception. ... Read more