A valuable specimen of kauri gun as found at Red Hill recently, state.' the Rargaville correspondent of the “Now Zealand Herald.” and turns Hie scales at IdO lb. Tt is considered t" lie tlio largest. individual piece found during the last 20 years, and is second in weight and size to the record piece found at Mangawhare about 2d years ago. which weighed 2cwt. 'I ho .specimen found at Red Hill was taken Ironi a foe that was about six feet underground, the log acting as a shell only to about 22011>. of gum. It is classed as “best • junlity’’ and will he preserved as a valuable addition to the unique sp-u imons of the "Domin ion’s famous products. For children’ wear call at Addisons where von will he suited with dainty millinery, beach and school hats, cropo-do-ohine, voile and print frocks, socks and sanded socks. Shop early. —Advt. Fancy printed art silks, georgettes, crepes—gay, colourful, diaphanous are in great profusion at McKay's. To Hie lover of pretty things, their charm will be most inviting for summer days. Prices moot reasonable.— Advt.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19281217.2.49.5
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1928, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
182Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1928, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.