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... Bronin . He set up a sawmill there and sent long wooden tramlines streaming far and wide whereon horses , and later even an engine , hauled great truck- loads of timber logs . By his direction , or on his advice , men were set to build ...
... Bronin . He set up a sawmill there and sent long wooden tramlines streaming far and wide whereon horses , and later even an engine , hauled great truck- loads of timber logs . By his direction , or on his advice , men were set to build ...
Page 101
... Bronin had at Tautuku . In fact , if Bronin could be said to have set the bush on fire , Taunton might claim to have dried up the sea with his activity . Or , rather , with the activity he set in motion , for Taunton went about quietly ...
... Bronin had at Tautuku . In fact , if Bronin could be said to have set the bush on fire , Taunton might claim to have dried up the sea with his activity . Or , rather , with the activity he set in motion , for Taunton went about quietly ...
Page 133
... Bronin , as a likely man to know something of the matter . Bronin knew all of the matter , and apparently of every other matter remotely connected with timber , and he spent a couple of hours proving it . Beams and braces , chocks and ...
... Bronin , as a likely man to know something of the matter . Bronin knew all of the matter , and apparently of every other matter remotely connected with timber , and he spent a couple of hours proving it . Beams and braces , chocks and ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
Copyright | |
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