Date1945DescriptionBlack and white photograph of logs and a horse. Alison Brown writes; 'Jim”s next assignment was working with the horse logging gang in the stands of Conical”s European larch that were being thinned to provide posts and telegraph poles to be treated at the Conical Hills creosote plant. Research on treatment methods here would later be extended to other parts of New Zealand.' Horse logging in New Zealand plantation forestry by Alison Brown was an entry in the 2012 Memoir and Local History Competition. Photograph: Alison Brown.
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Originally uploaded to the Tauranga Memories website (2011-2020), into the New Zealand Society of Authors Bay of Plenty basket, or focus group, by Tauranga City Libraries staff (Harley Couper), on September 29, 2013.
Its original URL was: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/new_zealand_society_of_authors_bay_of_plenty/images/show/6114 and its original license was: Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License.
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First name: Jim
Surname: Spiers
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Year: 1945