CHIPS & SAWDUST

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 43, 14 January 1921, Page 5

CHIPS & SAWDUST

(By the "Slabby.")

H jg the intention to insert items of in. r st appertaininS to the eawmilling ,n. I d^try in this column every week- Any I infonnation forwarded to "Slabby," care "J)iggeT," "Nfiws Office," Invercargill, | yill be greatly appreciated. IHE WRONG BULLOCK. \ The road was boggy, the bullocks !ired. jjiey wouldn't pull, they seem,Jd inspired, • ^ gtubbomly baulked and wouldn't go, ^nd the bullocky hadn't called out "woa." j£e cracked his whip, and didn t s wear, At least his language was onlv fair. Along the road a parson came And urged old bullocky to refram. He said to him, "my son, take care, r To move those bullocks just say a prayer, ! And you will surely have evidcuce To trust these things to Pro/iicnce." The bullocky spat, looked down the road, And said : "Old fellar, you be blowed, For you are talking jolly rot, He's the worst bally bullock that I've got." Mr Tas. Dawson, of Colac Bay, 's ncw managing the Lauriston Timber Co. s nn'U at Catlins River. The secretary of the Southland Sawmill Worker's Union (Mr Tom O'Byrne), is now busy compiling the annual returns to the Government. "Slabby" is pleased to report that "Mick" Hughes who met with a teiy severe accident some tinre ago is 011 the road to a satisfactory recovery. "Slabby" was pleased to see i weL and favourably known sawmill owner, register a win at the recent S.R. Club's itneting. A lot of the boys were 'on ' Dan's neddy. By the time these notes appear in print most of the mills will have commeneed operations again in full swing. The boys ■ were favoured with ideal weather for S their holidays and seemed to enjoy thevnselves thoroughly. Among the weilknown sawmillers in town were ihe fo'ilowing: Dick Donaldson (Port t'ra'g), Tim Halpin (Monawai), Banjo Patters >n (Spar Bush), Buff Bates (Monowai), Btew. art Bros. (Catlins River), Sam Fisl er (Forest Hill), Tom Hansen (Spar Bush). etc. A fine example of the interest taten in his employees is observed by Dr Truby | King, of the Lauriston Timber Co. (Catlins River). He has just awarded p'bizes to the extent of £70 to his workers for the best kept garden, house, etc. A prize of £10 was awarded for the best garden, then £9 for the second and so on down to a few shillings, so that every employee who showed any signs of ;n- . dustrial activity was rewarded for h;s efforts. Prizes were awarded for the | bat-chelor workers keeping their huts, : ®tc., in the cleanest and tidiest cor.di|on. At this mill the Dr 1ms over 20 four-roomed modern worker's clweilings, lud he also gives to the workers' vives and children the benefit of l;is mediral owledge gratis. As one enthusiast remarked: "He is a grand old man."