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Kōrero: Logging native forests

Sawing medal

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Sawing medal

Lowther Farquharson and Jim McIntosh of Southland were champions with the crosscut saw. In 1909 they set a world record for sawing a 20-inch kahikatea log in 15.2 seconds. The record stood until 1956. This medal from 1916 is for another of their competition successes.

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Farquharson family

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Logging native forests – Logging and sawmilling, 1840–1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/14056/sawing-medal (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.