TIMBER TRADE
OPPOSITION TO TARIFF
(Received 11 a m i MELBOURNE, this dav
i Opposing an application for an increased tariff on imported timbers be fore the Tariff Board, Mr. Heath, man aper of Saxton and -Sons, one of the leading timber merchants in Sydney, said he was opposed to the proposed inicieased duty because Australia could
not supply all the requirements. With economic chaos reigning throughout the trade in both Australian and foreign timber any further duty would only do harm. | There was huge over-capitalisation in the timber trade, brought about through failure to make adjustments in the postwar period. : =====
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1927, Page 9
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