NEW ZEALAND TIMBER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20162, 24 January 1929, Page 12

NEW ZEALAND TIMBER.

NO SUPPLY FOR SCHOOLS. COMPLAINT IN DUNEDIN. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1 DUN'EDIN, Wednesday. A report by the architect that supplies of New Zealand timber could not be oh tained for school buildings, aid »hit some of the timber had been rejected, was discussed at a meeting of the Otago Education Board. Mi J Mitchell said the use of imported timber was apparently to some extent due to a want of proper effort on the part of the sawrnillers. In view of the agitation that had been going on for some considerable time to get the Government to give sawmillers what they called a reasonable opportunity to com pote with imported timber, the trouble which the board was having in this connection should be made known It should be incumbent on the timber mer chants to show that they were doing their utmost to meet public requirements He moved that a copy of the architect's report should be forwarded to the Government.

Mr J Horn, in seconding the motion, said for some years past petitions had come before Parliament, which had done its best. lie thought that if the attention of the timber merchants were drawn to the architect's leport thev would do their best- to remedy the matter. The motion was carried.