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 Varnish Making Begins in New Zealand

��This Chinaman's grandpa did it this way, and grandpa's grandpa and all the rest. It's a family custom, don't you know? "Tung" nuts are being ground down in the trough. They give a valua- ble oil, useful in varnish and finishes

��Pressing the "tung" nuts. The appara- tus is crude and ages old. The meat of "tung" nuts is much like that of Brazil nuts. The oil obtained gives a more waterproof finish than does lin- seed oil. Varnish makers buy it in large quantities

��This little jungle maid has been out prospecting for kau- ri gum. She thrusts her long, iron rod in the ground and tells by touch when it has located a lump

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��Kauri gum passing from the native New Zealander to the exporter. The material is a semi-fossil resin found under- ground where it has lain for hundreds of years. A lump may weigh a few ounces or several pounds

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