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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 208, 31 August 1920, Page 2

Kauri timber is " wor.li muctt money nowadays. Something very nearly apprcaohuig a record price is reported to have oeen paid for heart oi kauri at an auction sale yesterday, when a lew pieces of nine by' two, averaging 14 to 10 feet in length' and aggregating five hundred feet, was soid. for £-7 I°/--or £.i 10/ a hundred. !t is stated that this was no false price, as the timber was taken hy a builder against an opposition from other timber users who went as high as £20 for the lot. The Malieno, which arrived from .Sydney this morning, brought twenty-two Chinese ircmip.-ants, ~ix of -.horn are destined for Tahiti. The others will undergo their entrance education test this afternoon. During the month of August the arrivals in Auckland from overseas totalled 1,710, and the departures 1.035. The figures for August, 19113, si owed a. total of 1,418 arrivals, which included 1.097 returning troops. The departures were 314. The total customs duties for the month was £200.20- 0, 6, as compared wit._ __$.2_3 IB of August last year. ''Sydal'' heals chapped lianas. _/. "Sydal" makes rough hands smooth. _/. "Sydal,"' the great skin healer. 2/. "Sydal,"' the house%vivcs' friend. _/. L_4_.