Sawmills

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-25-21

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1894-1901

By: Rowe, Nicholas, 1861-1924

Reference: MS-Papers-4429

Description: The diaries give brief daily details of family and work activities. Source of title - supplied title Nicholas Rowe was born in Wanganui in 1861. His father arrived in New Plymouth on board the `Essex' in 1843 and began flaxmilling in the Lower Rangitikei area in 1870 until 1874 when he set up a sawmill on Rowes Line (just south of Sanson). It appears that Nicholas Rowe was also involved with this milling operation and later became a farmer in the area. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Catherine Birch, Upper Hutt, 1992

Date: 1893

From: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3763-2/3

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-25-18

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1883

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Coromandel sketchbook] 1882-1897.

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-360-q-004

Description: A building at the foot of Castle Rock, Coromandel, possibly a goldmining building, or a timber mill. It has a waterwheel at the front, close to a stream Other Titles - Waterwheel. Goldmine Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 250 x 180 mm

Date: 1888-1958

By: Kauri Timber Company Ltd

Reference: MS-Group-1084

Description: Records of the New Zealand operations of the Melbourne-based Kauri Timber Company; mainly letterbooks and financial records. Includes correspondence with other companies, correspondence with shareholders; job applications, 1930-1945 Other - See also Kauri Timber Company Ltd. Records, 1888-1939 (Micro-MS-0556) Quantity: 194 volume(s). 29 folder(s). 10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1939

By: New Zealand. Fisheries Research Division

Reference: PAColl-2206

Description: Most images show derelict sawmills in the Marlborough, Hawkes Bay and Horowhenua districts. One series of negatives relates to the burning of a hulk on Ward Island - possibly the William Manson which was beached and set on fire 25 May 1939 Arrangement: Negatives accessioned at 1/4-22616-F to 1/4-22662-F Quantity: 46 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: film negatives

Date: 1950

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-034288-F

Description: A20067 Probably the premises of Lane & Brown, Totara North (from Helen Smith, 7 August 2000) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [Circa 1932]

By: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984

Reference: PA1-f-131

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Roland James Searle, circa 1930s. The first subject is the opening of the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial (Cenotaph), and includes a programme of the dedication and handing over on Sunday 17th April, 1932 (p 001-012). That is followed by the consecration ceremony for the National War Memorial and War Memorial Carillon (again with a copy of the programme), held on Anzac Day, April 25th, 1932 (p 015-023). Pages 029-033 show the arrival of the Wellington Jubilee Dock in 1931, the floating dock which was towed from England by two Dutch tugboats. The next sequence is entitled "The Express pulls out - Thorndon", and follows the Express to Wanganui where views show a river-boat trip up the Whanganui River (p 037-056), and include a map of historical areas on the river compiled by Annabell & Marchant, surveyors of Wanganui (p 055). The train trip is continued in the next section, and includes an illustrated diagram of the Raurimu Spiral, then arrival at the new Beach Road Auckland Railway Station. Photographs of Auckland include the Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland University, Grafton Bridge, a sailing ship at the wharves, and the Auckland Zoo. Further North there are scenes of ploughing, a mine entrance, rock formations at Waro, and the Taheke Falls; before travelling to Rotorua and the surrounding thermal regions. A number of images were taken at Whakarewarewa, including photos of Paul Thomas and his wife, along with scenes showing women washing clothes in hot pools, a woman with a baby on her back holding a rope with a food basket cooking in the pool, children in a hot pool, and men at work carving. Paul Thomas wrote to thank Searle for sending him copies of photographs (p 101, written on May 1st 1932). Later photographs again with the train often in view show timber felling and milling, and views of the Arapuni hydroelectic power station. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured grey cloth cover, entitled "Snapshots"; 28.5 x 39.0 cm

Date: 1838

Reference: A-126-014

Description: Shows saw-house and mill Removed from E318, European sketchbook. Other Titles - Saw-house mill on the river at Berchtesgaden Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 150 x 190 mm

Date: 1906

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023407-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1941-1943

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-063

Description: Includes: Axemen's Carnival organised by the Forestry Unit in south of England with commentary by Sergeant Jim Lock; visit of Major General R F B Naylor; British land girls (also known as `Lumber Jills') working with the Forestry Unit; lumbering and mill work undertaken by the Unit at Savernake Forest, Glastonbury, and near Petersfield (Hants); headquarters at Castle Combe, Wiltshire; photo of `Crossing the Line' ceremony. Captioned photos of Sapper G Goodall; Sapper Don Miini & Corporal Ken McLennan at Axemen's Carnival. Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1900-1909]

By: McArthur & Company

Reference: PA1-o-283

Description: Album containing photographs of New Zealand scenes, none of which have captions, all taken by an unidentified photographer. There are nine loose photographs inserted in an envelope inside the front of the album. Several of these are scenes of the Franz Josef Glacier; one of a lake with the Southern Alps on the right in the distance; and one of a river bed with the moutain range in the background. Three photographs are of Maori groups. The first shows a large group of young women in the foreground performing in front of a meeting house. They are wearing long white gowns, with dark coloured sashes across their shoulders. Behind them, the heads of men and women, most wearing hats, are visible. The other two images are of a small group, in both of which a kaumataua is seated in the foreground wearing a cloak. The first one shows one man in European dress, a man in soldier's uniform, three women and three children surrounding the kaumatua. The second one focuses on the kaumatua, with three children alongside. The areas seen in the album are possibly in the Hamilton area, one of a ferry passing under a bridge, one of a timber mill, and a number of bridges. Several show the exterior and interior of a church. An ivy-covered lychgate leads to the church with a shingle roof, and high, narrow stained glass windows; the interior shows the main aisle leading to the altar. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover decorated with red poppies, entitled `Photo sketches'; 14.5 x 16.5 cm

Date: 1893

From: F W Niven & Co. :Views of Eltham and Stratford N Z [ca 1893]. F W Niven & Co. [lith] Ballarat, [Vic[toria, ca 1893]

Reference: D-002-003-15

Description: A detail of a large sheet of illustrated advertisements. This view, top centre right, shows the buildings of a timber mill and a team of bullocks hauling cut timber Physical Description: Chromolithograph, ca 140 x 118 mm

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Werren, Douglas John 1930-2007: Transparency slides

Reference: PA12-11320

Description: Transparency slides of timber industry related scenes taken by Doug Werren, circa 1950s to 1960s. Includes images of the site of a timber mill during demolition, the logging of native timber [Ruapehu District?], logging truck owned by Dominion Timber Company (Owhango), and a MG magine glazing cylinder for paper (bound for the Kinleith Paper Mill on a George Dale & Sons truck). Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: October 2014-September 2015

By: Mercer Art and History Museum; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-

Reference: OHColl-1257

Description: An oral history project relating to the township of Mercer, Waikato. Project records memories of the township and surrounding areas from people who lived there in the mid twentieth century. Collection comprises 15 oral history interviews conducted by interviewer Megan Hutchings: six in-depth interviews, and nine short interviews carried out during a Mercer Museum open day on 14 March 2015. Also known as "Mercer the four R’s – Stories of the river, railway, Roose’s and rowing". Six in depth interviews are with interviewees: Peggy Bourne, Neil Carey, Norm Cox, Reg Douglas, Bob Hills, Jeanette Thomas. Nine brief interviews from the Museum's Open Day with interviewees: Bernie Morey, Brien Golding, Dorrie and David Carr, Elaine Tatton, Gary Tetzlaff, Joanna and George Katipa, Patt Carr, Roger Laloli, and Wilfred Waller. The Jeanette Roose Charitable Trust received a New Zealand Oral History Award grant in 2014 on behalf of the Mercer Art & History Museum as funding for this project. Copies of this oral history project are held at the Mercer Art and History Museum. The development of Mercer as a town is linked to the Roose family who ran many businesses in the area, and to the trade on the Waikato River and extension of railway lines to the township.The Mercer Art and History Museum, which showcases the history of Mercer, was established in the memory of Caesar Roose by his daughter Jeanette Thomas. Quantity: 15 Interview(s). 44 digital sound recording(s). 29 Electronic document(s) digital abstracts and interviewee biographical information forms. 10 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 8 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 3 digital photograph(s). 3 folder(s) containing project report and forms. Search dates: 2014 - 2015 Processing information: This record reference number was updated from ATL-Group-00037 to OHColl-1257 in February 2022.

Date: 13 Apr 1999

From: Southland oral history project

By: McGilvray, Madeline, active 1998; Killeen, James Columbian, 1906-2000

Reference: OHInt-0464/11

Description: James Killeen was born in Galway, Ireland in 1906. Gives details of his parents' backgrounds, the village where he was born and why he came to New Zealand. Mentions the Black and Tans. Describes leaving Galway in 1929 and his impressions of Invercargill on arriving in 1930. Describes working at the Fortification sawmill before labouring on buildings in Invercargill. Mentions H and J Smiths. Describes working on the Te Anau to Milford highway in very difficult working and living conditions. Notes that three hundred men worked on the team. Describes work `stumping' (pulling out tree remainders). Talks about meeting his wife Kathleen Lardner in Riverton, their marriage and children. Describes joining the prison service in 1940 and working at Mount Crawford, Arohata and Invercargill. Mentions also working at the Ocean Beach Freezing Works and Kew Hospital. Interviewer(s) - Madeline McGilvray Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008614 - OHC-008615 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other brief abstract OHA-2688. Photo of James and Kathleen Killeen; photo of James Killeen possibly at the time of the interview

Date: 25 Nov 1998

From: Southland oral history project

By: McGilvray, Madeline, active 1998; Hughes, Milton, 1911-2003

Reference: OHInt-0464/09

Description: Minty Hughes was born in Otautau in 1911. Discusses his father and his work in the flax mill at Pukemaori and his mother's home near Monkey Island, Orepuki. Describes travelling by steamer to Port Craig in 1923 and attending school there. Describes the sawmills at Port Craig, transporting the logs, the Percy Burn viaduct, loading the boats with timber, a brief history of the Craig family and how the settlement got its name. Mentions his job as whistle boy. Talks about the closure of the Mill in 1928. Gives details about grocery prices, meat and bread supplies, how the mill workers were paid, social life and the Lidgerwood machine. Recalls working at the Greenhills stone quarry and the Depression when ten of the family of thirteen lived at home. Describes meeting his wife Hilda, family life, working in the Lillburn Vally, getting his steam ticket in Tuatapere and repairing the Port Craig viaducts. Mentions that daughter Faye is married to country singer Dusty Spittle. Interviewer(s) - Madeline McGilvray Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHMD-0053 Quantity: 1 MiniDisc(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other brief abstract, OHA-2686. Photos of Minty Hughes as a child and possibly at the time of the interview

Date: 24 Nov 1982

From: Interviews about Rotorua by Don Stafford

By: Kusabs, William Ernest Raukawa, 1902-1996

Reference: OHInt-0470/16

Description: Billy Kusabs was born in Ohaupo in 1902. Explains that his family was originally from Lithuania and describes the progress of his grandfather Henry, who was in the German Navy, to China where he left the Navy and came to New Zealand. Mentions the family's name change form Kushapski to Kusabs. Describes how at different times his father, Ernest, had a sawmill at Mamaku, the Mountain Rimu Timber Company, a mill at Ongaroto and also a launch, the `Hamurana', on the lake at Rotorua. Mentions his brother Roger and uncles Charles and Arthur Kusabs. Talks about his mother, Lucy Dansey, who died when he was a child and being brought up by his grandmother and housekeepers. Mentions his father remarried Louie Phipps and he has a half brother Doug. Describes attending Rotorua Primary School, Takapuna Primary School, Kings College and Auckland Grammar before working on a farm at Te Aroha, for a surveying company and then at his father's mill at Ongaroto. Discusses his Dansey relatives. Talks about the breakdown of his marriage and the death of his daughter Julie. Describes having an accident while working at the mill and beginning to work with cars at Kusabs Motors. Describes a number of cars operating tourist service ventures from Rotorua, their drivers and bus service operators. Mentions Harry Chase, Charlton's, the Aard, Carr and Walker and a bus service to Whakarewarewa operated by the Smith and Mau families. Recalls fierce competition amongst the companies. Describes the tarring and feathering of a French count, Count Montague, who arrived in Rotorua with his wife and had a number of relationships with other women including the police sergeant's daughter. Discusses Harry Astin, `Shivery' Smith and Arthur Nyal. Mentions taking people fishing and a fish that he caught at Lake Okataina being sent to the Wembley exhibition in the 1920s. Mentions driving for Rotorua Motors and having his own bowser. Recalls driving for the Rotorua Bus Company on the Rotorua to Wairoa and the Rotorua to Opotiki runs. Mentions driving a bus to the funeral of King Koroki. Describes losing his job and starting his own bus service from Reporoa to Rotorua. Discusses going to World War II with the 19th armoured tank regiment. Describes the Italian campaign in detail. Discusses thermal activity in Rotorua, the possibility of gold at Tokaanu, going out to Green Lake and Maori fear of the `ghost canoe'. Discusses a chain drive car, a car operated with a tiller handle and interesting French, Belgian, German and English cars owned by Jack Lager (Lagar), the Bennetts, Duncan Steele and Charlie Kusabs. Mentions Doris Benney (nee Penney) and the Penney family and George Dansey, the original postmaster, and land owned by the Dansey family. Interviewer(s) - Don Stafford Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2864.

Date: 16-17 Dec 1995 - 27-28 Jan 1996 - 16 Dec 1995 - 28 Jan 1996

From: Haast oral history project

By: Buchanan, Henry John, 1917-1997

Reference: OHInt-0419/03

Description: Henry Buchanan was born in Runanga in 1917. Recalls living in Ikamatua where his father trammed for the sawmiller A R Wallis. Mentions their shift to the Turnbull River in 1930 where his father cut timber for Mr Wallis, had a farm and built a sawmill at Okuru. Describes working for his family on a gold claim on the north Haast beach, growing vegetables, having dairy cows and making butter. Recalls other food eaten including wood pigeon, ducks and some beef. Recalls rowing from Big Bay for a dance and riding by horse to Haast and Jackson's Bay. Mentions fording rivers and going by the tide. Talks about mail brought in by pack horse and a launch between Jackson's Bay and Okuru. Comments on the beginning of the aeroplane service and being able to get emergency service when needed. Notes that previously when people were sick it had taken three or four days to get them to Paringa by stretcher. Mentions accidents in the area. Comments on Dr Jean McLean flying down from Hokitika each fortnight. Describes post offices at Okuru, run by the Eggeling family, at Upper Okuru, by the Nolan family, at Haast, by the Cron family and at Huhuka by the Harris family. Mentions Betty Eggeling was the first woman to drive through Haast Pass. Talks about marrying Mina McCrae at Greymouth and their honeymoon in Nelson. Describes life with radio and no television. Describes beginning a fishing venture about 1950, buying a freezer, starting whitebaiting and a `whitebait war' with the Nolans. Describes operating boats and an aeroplane while whitebaiting and crayfishing. Discusses fights about air space with Myrtle Cron, the airways agent at Haast. Mentions that Ivy Cron operated the ferry across the Haast. Notes that West Coast Airways began operating about 1930 and discusses weather problems and flying. Recalls deer stalking full time from 1955 to 1960, a venison factory built in Greymouth in the 1970s and a mussel farming venture in Marlborough. Discusses other work he has done including on the Haast aerodrome, goldmining, scrubcutting for W D Nolan in Cascade, droving cattle out to Whataroa, working on the road from Makarora and from Waiatoto to Okuru and being manpowered into the sawmill at Ikamatua. Notes that the Government gave subsidies for gold mining during the Depression. Talks about the Cowl and Harris families and mentions his mother remarried Joe Harris. Mentions camps at Jacksons Bay, Okuru and Haast and roadmen Joe Driscoll and Jack Farrell. Talks about brothers and sisters Ted, Bill and Myra Buchanan. Interviewer(s) - Julia Bradshaw Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2897.