For fifty years or more a huge totara log has been lying in the bush at Ben Lomond Station, a 5000 acre sheep run five miles from Oruanui, towards Whangamata Bay. The log has now been cut into two sections and a Rotorua firm has transported it on a Sherman tank carrier to the Matai Timber Company's mill at Oruanui which opened last week. Originally the trunk was 38 feet, long, with a diameter averaging 9 feet, and is estimated to produce 17,000 board feet when cut up.
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Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 23, 18 June 1952, Page 1
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88For fifty years or more a huge totara log has been lying in the bush at Ben Lomond Station, a 5000 acre sheep run five miles from Oruanui, towards Whangamata Bay. The log has now been cut into two sections and a Rotorua firm has transported it on a Sherman tank carrier to the Matai Timber Company's mill at Oruanui which opened last week. Originally the trunk was 38 feet, long, with a diameter averaging 9 feet, and is estimated to produce 17,000 board feet when cut up. Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 23, 18 June 1952, Page 1
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