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No 134 : December 11, 1971

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Logging Festival At The Downs

Golden Downs was the venue for a logging festival and field day recently. This was the grand finale to a week of conferences (and other social occasions) by members of the logging fraternity. The photographs on this page were taken by the local Cable Price representative, Darryl Marshall. The programme at the Downs included chopping, chain saw races, demonstrations of logging machinery and spar-raising.

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A view of the venue for the festival. In the foreground is the site for the chopping events

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Young Stephen Gilmour and his dog are dwarfed by the giant wheels of two logging vehicles

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Les Gilsenan, well-known axeman, spares a grin for the camera

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This man's job in the spar-raising demonstration would not be envied by many

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Any guesses about the topic of conversation? Logging would be a safe one. From left, Dick Twistleton, Gisborne, Fred Willetts, Richmond, Allan Hawkins of Baigents, and Peter Mockett, the Cable Price rep. on the West Coast

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