Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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The Spar Bush Sawmill (New Zealand Pine Company, proprietors), Spar Bush. This mill has been worked since 1880, but it is expected that the bush will shortly be exhausted, when the plant will probably be removed to some other bush. The machinery consists of a twenty-five horse-power steam engine with necessary boilers, a breaking-down saw, two breast-benches and two planing and two cross-cutting machines. About twenty-five men find regular employment, and 7,000 feet of rough and dressed timber is turned out daily.