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RANGITIKEI SAWMILLERS* >' . ASSOCIATION.' . : ' (BY TELEGRAM —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) \ Taih2pe, Fcbruary;27.' Tho annual mooting of the Rangitikoi Sawmillers' Association was held yesterday, when it'was decided, after great discussion, to advance the price of all classes of timbor by oiio shilling per hundred feet, on account of losses' and damage duo to drought and: bush fires. Tho manager's report showed that tho output, of the Association mills for the past twelve months was thirty million feet, an increase of seven feet over the .year's .work, and*-representing total'- ''sum' \of £130,000. • 'During the past term the Association had extended its operations in the Waimarino district,-and hoped ' that -a substantial increase'would be shown in tho\6usuing year.; ;A low estimate showed'that tho revenue-to the'railways from freight charges paid by the associated mills ran into £30,500 for the past year. '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 4
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