HARBOUR BOARD'S TIMBER REQUIREMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 135, 8 June 1914, Page 2

HARBOUR BOARD'S TIMBER REQUIREMENTS.

(To the Editor.) Sir.—As you axe aTVare. tlie Board hae irot a teudor cuxren-t, thou-rh it H fretUnj: ih-rouph a large quantity of local and Ow-'g-on, α-irdyou will notice by copies of correspondence appended, thart. the bulk of the -orders are <riv-en to the Wai-tt-mata Ooorpam - . Doubtless th 9«! in the .timber Tine will know if 'they jitp pupplyinjT directly or indirectly, short, or '• km;j lengths."— T am. ptc. ?. VIRTUE. .\Veml>er A.H.B. Secretary llnrbonr Hoard. Auckland. lie TTiubP.r Supplies, T)e;ir Sir. -At ro-thly'H niPPtinc the riininn:m statcil Hint tiie Waltomata Sawmill Cnmpniiy was supplyitiK tne Hnrtiuur Hoard wltli tiuilwr. the inference beinc thnt no other imuipan; was partlcipjiUug in supply. When leaving the roeetinn I heard Mr l'-eyland state that his company was snpplyi'nj.' the lonjr lensths of timber. Are ' they being supplied throng the Waitemata Sawmill Company. Thanking you in anticipation, I remain, yours truly, r. VIIITUB, member. A.ll It. .lune li. 1914. 4th .Tune, 1314. P VIRTI-K. Ksq.. c/o Kortbcrn Boiler Mills. Au<-klaiei. Timber Supplies. T.'ear Sir. — In reply to yours of 2nd inst.. the Board pm-chaws from most of the sawmillers in the city, but the bulk of our orders have gone to the Waitemata Siwmill Company. If the Lrpyland-O'Brieu Timber Company is supplying through .the Waitemata Company. I am not aware, of it personally. - Yours faitbfnlly (signed! H. B. BLIiNKTT. Secretary. .lunc-4, 1014.