THE PRICE OF TIMBER.

Bush Advocate, Volume XX, Issue 1003, 15 April 1908, Page 3

THE PRICE OF TIMBER.

Commenting upon the. price of timber tlie Taihnpe Daily Times remarks : "Building along the Main Trunk line has. hvvn going : on apace for a long time, and we have only to look . aTonnd Tailiape to see houses going UP in all directions. According to our'Onaknne correspondent, building is brisker there than has beeii . the case for .some time, and the fact that more land is to be opened up shortly-iv-ill further tax local mills to keep up requirements in, their own neiglvborhpqd. Tauifiaraainui, witli its r adjacent towns, is in the' throes of : ..ari : eYOlv\tion SO-f^r as- building upera.- r tionsare concerned, arii ? iahft>er from mills; in; th^ sure t?M earmarked for local .-.'-.^aldng into consideration the fact that; for, a great part of this' season mills were' closed dojyn owing; to thQjjreyalencei of bush fires, which destroyed tram--v lines and bridges in all : directions/ and also that we are just -now on the threshold of winter j "it s^6ms tlia't those 'in. want of timber oirfcs&te We district will refliiir.& t<^j>}de tiieit time before they can look ifoTward to ob- : tainihg regular and adequate supplies, from the' Main Trunk mills. Onceihe Public Works Department's prohibitive rate is .removedj. the timber output will gradually increase, . but" there will be so maiiy local orders requiring '.fulfilment', that it is qxtes^ tionable ,w.b.ether. outsiders i will be ben^ted to any great extent for gome tinier Judging ; f rom the experiences : in tjie- i>a^VLott^ may/ be very safe in asstiining that eyen the; line is., ; through to .ATicklandy and.thet^raiaisr .are running regularly, -the' ; r shx>rtage tof tracks qu6stio» will £j^up, times'to time, and this eyeii with the large 'increase in: rolling ?stock now. under construction ; . ' >W© have =no . doubt 'that with all matters working smoothly theLkuge4?^^'^^ ce * °* the Waimarin^ _u r ould Be_ca^able of supplying x !n©ld£i<yitnauy years, but it appeaTß»fco us that Wellington; has: little to. hope from this district for { a