NEW ZEALAND KAURI
TIMBER MILLED FROM BURIED LOGS A SYDNEY COMPLAINT BY TELEGRAPH.--PRESS ASSOCIATION. Copyright. Sydney, December 6. In a paper read before the Royal Society, Mr. M. B. Welch, B.Sc., pointed out that owing to the shortage of New Zealand kauri a considerable amount of timber was being milled from buried logs taken from swamps and shipped to Sydney. Although it appeared of excellent quality, on drying it warped badly and ruptured across the grain. Tests showed that it was only a third as strong as sound kauri. This swamp kauri was in most cases practically worthless and should be avoided.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 62, 7 December 1926, Page 10
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