THE TIMBER INDUSTRY.
IN A BAD WAY. . MILLS CLOSING DOWN. (By Telegraph.—Special to " Star.") WELLINGTON", this day. ''The timber industry is getting into a more parlous state than ever," said Mr. Seed, secretary" of the New Zealand Sawmillers' Federation yesterday. He has just returned from the "West Coast, where two large sawmills had closed down in the last fortnight. He yesterday received a telegram stating that another large mill in the Ohakune district, on the Main Trunk line, had also closed down, owing to excessive accumulation of stocks. "It is no exaggeration to say that the present unfortunate state of the timber industry and lack of '••"ployment due to the discharge of hai...s are "making themselves fek in a loss of trade among storekeepers in the country towns and sawmilling districts." said Mr. Seed. "The tendency is for unemployed men to come to tna cities, and so reniLr the unemployment there more acute. The position has been getting more serious for the last - bu J- there has b « n no £££? a diminution in the volume of wworted timber arriving.'?
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 4
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