TIMBER FOR HOUSING
Lower Grade Urged (N.Z. Press Association) MASTERTON, October 15. A suggestion that the New Zealand Timber Merchants’ Federation should press for acceptance of lower, but still suitable, grades of timber for housing construction, to make available higher grade wood for export, was made at the federation’s conference at Masterton today. Mr H. B. Woollett, of South Auckland, said that at present New Zealand was endeavouring to sell low-grade timber overseas in direct contrast to primary produce exports. In the case of butter and meat, only the best was exported. With timber the reverse was the case. Mr Woollett said that it was the custom to overspecify timber for house building, using higher grades than was considered necessary in other countries. The federation should press for acceptance by specifying grades for flooring and framing which, while lower than those currently accepted, were still eminently suitable for those purposes. If this could be accomplished, better grades of timber would be available for export, which should provide access to more markets, Mr Woollett said.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30264, 17 October 1963, Page 23
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174TIMBER FOR HOUSING Press, Volume CII, Issue 30264, 17 October 1963, Page 23
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