. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. July, 1903 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN •AAA LUCAS, STEELE & BRISTOL HAMILTON, ONT Wholesale Grocers and Importers LUMBERMEN'S SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY A NOTABLE SAWING EVENT. The following notice, clipped from the Southland Daily News, published at Invercargill, New Zealand, is an interesting-account of some sawing- contests in which the world-famous'Atkins saws played an important part. As usual theprize winners of the Championship Contests used Atkins saws, thus again demo
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. July, 1903 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN •AAA LUCAS, STEELE & BRISTOL HAMILTON, ONT Wholesale Grocers and Importers LUMBERMEN'S SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY A NOTABLE SAWING EVENT. The following notice, clipped from the Southland Daily News, published at Invercargill, New Zealand, is an interesting-account of some sawing- contests in which the world-famous'Atkins saws played an important part. As usual theprize winners of the Championship Contests used Atkins saws, thus again demonstrating the fact that "Atkins is Always ; " The Axemen's Carnival, which was held at Inver- cargill, New Zealand, on April 13th, 1903, was a notable event, there being sawing and chopping contests, bicycle and foot races, as well as other athletic sports indulged in. " The gathering of the axemen and sawyers was perhaps as fine as has been seen anywhere, comprising the leading men in both lines, from Australia, Tasmania, and the provinces of New Zealand. Intense interest centered in Thomas Pettit, the world's champion, who competed with great success in the sawing events, annexing the champion single-handed, and with H. Mitchell, the champion double. He saws with beautiful action and immense force, and the Atkins saw used by him simply ploughed its way through the blocks. Con- sidering that Pettit has had very little training for the matches, his performance must stamp him as undoubt- edly the foremost man of the first rank of sawyers. " Another distinguished competitor was Herb Mitchell, ex-xhampion of New Zealand, who is well and popular known all over the island. " For the championship single-handed sawing contest E. C. Atkins & Company, the well known saw manu- facturers of Indianapolis, Indiana', U. S. A., through their Australian representative, Mr. C. Cullen, donated $50. The first prize of $25, and championship gold medal, was
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