RIMU TIMBER FOB BUTTER-BOXES
MANUFACTURE BEGUN IN NORTH ISLAND LARGE QUANTITIES SHIPPED FROM WEST COAST [From Our Own Reporter.] GREYMOUTH, August 1. A radical change has been made by North Island butter-box makers who have begun the manufacture of boxes from rimu timber. Considerable quantities Of rimu have been shipped from, the West Coast in the last six weeks for the purpose. More orders have been placed for rimu for boxes and this trade will have a big influence on the West Coast timber industry. It Will assure a regular market for clean rimu, free from sap. The change to rimu for butter boxes has been brought' about by the shortage of white pine. Rimu was formerly considered unsuitable, but comprehensive' tests have satisfied those in the trade that butter will carry satisfactorily in rimu boxes. Tests are also being made of rimu tallow casks and it is possible that quantities of West coast rimu will shortly be used for these.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23088, 2 August 1940, Page 8
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