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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Adsett, Henry

Adsett, Henry, Sawmiller, Pohangina Main Road, Pohangina Township. Mr. Adsett is a native of London, and left there in 1872, per ship “Salisbury,” for Wellington. He was brought up to the sawmilling business in the Colony with his father, Mr. He Adsett, who is the proprietor of a large farm at Colyton. Mr. Adsett established himself as a sawmiller in 1873, and for four years carried on his business in Sandon, subsequently removing his mill to the Feilding district. He was well known as a sawmiller for sixteen years in the latter place. To Mr. Adsett is largely due the credit of having opened up the Pohangina township, where he has built a large mill, which is driven by a portable steam-engine of twenty-two horse-power, made by Marshall and Sons. The mill is fitted up with circular and breaking down saws, planing machines, and everything necessary for a large business. About twenty-two hands find employment, and a large quantity of timber is supplied from the mill to the district between Wellington and New Plymouth. Many of the large collar ties for the piles on the Wellington Wharf have been supplied from this mill. Mr. Adsett has shewn great energy in establishing his mills. At Pohangina township he has secured the right of cutting timber over a large area of country, and it is estimated that from five to six years will have elapsed before the supply is exhausted. The timber is chiefly rimu, totara, and [gap — reason: deleted]