SAWYERS.
"The-Auckland Observer.says whohFpllct HalcombemusteredtheFeildirig' immigrants on tho Manchester Block, arid selected a party of men designated "sawyers" in tho passenger roll, and set them to' work 'to'cut timber foj huts', he was astonished to find that they were-utter novicesin timber-craft. "1 thought you called yourselves sawyers?" said he;, "So we are," replied tho spokesman, "Then how is-it you can't'iise a pit-sawT •" Because we. are stone-sawyers, not wood sawyers'!" The. agent at home had been instructed to send out men who would be useful in cutting timber for dwellings, but it never' entered into the head of ; that worthy that • saws. could bo used.. for cutting any other material than timber so when he-advertised for sawyer*, and these men presented themselves; they were accepted without '.question., ,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 16 October 1883, Page 2
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126SAWYERS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 16 October 1883, Page 2
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