TALL TIMBER : THE TIMBER INDUSTRY OF NEW ZEALAND

Intertitle: “Away back in the ‘Tall Timber’ of the New Zealand bush, may be found hardy workers with axe and saw, who have had much to do with the building of an industry valued at £6,000,000 per annum.”
The process of logging rimu: felling the trees with axe and saw, removing the logs from the forest by stationary steam engine for transport by bush railway to the mill where the logs are cut into planks before final dressing, sorting and stacking ready for sale at the timber yard.