BAD FOR THE SAW MILLS.
;,;, -manchurian timber coaiiNG;' ■ '■ i There is- a-, well authenticatedVrumour .(Writes pur travelling correspondent) that an--other phase of timber importri,tion,wil] shortly be presented .to the; public, of: Wow -Zealand. A Palmerston North merchants -'informed our representative that he had been informed by ,a eawmillerthat a wealthy. Austrajian syndicate ..had purchased several square miles of Manchurian forest land, with the'idea of.ox-' plpitmg Australia and the Dominion with the timber. 'Consignments; indeed, had already arrived in Victoria. , The timber was said to be sweet and fresh, and admirably fitted for butter-box and cheese-case manufacture. Finally, it could bo sold '/cheaper than Oregon pine. What with labour conditions, royalties, railway freights, and Asiacompetition, Now Zealand sawmillers (sajd the merchant)- appeared to bo in for a very, hard time. , : . ',<.. ..■.,,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 412, 22 January 1909, Page 7
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129BAD FOR THE SAW MILLS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 412, 22 January 1909, Page 7
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