TIMBER IMPORTATIONS

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 10

TIMBER IMPORTATIONS

; MAIN TRUNK MILLERS ANXIOUS. ' Bt Telegbaph.—Pbess Association. Ohakune, December 24. A representative meeting of sawmill . owners, employees,' and business interests met at Ohakune to discuss the importations of American softwoods. The j J gravity of the situation was stressed by the Mayors of Raetihi and Ohakune, and remedies were advocated. The • meeting recommended the total proi ' hibition of imported timber, and an ■ amendment to the local body by-laws 1 > permitting the freer use of 0.8. timber i in buildings. The millers guaranteed that no advantage would be taken of ‘ the protection to increase the prices to the consumer The meeting is a third of a series held at Pokaka, Raetihi, and Ohakune. Resolutions have been for- ■ warded to the Ministers concerned. Committees were elected to protect the i interests of the 10.000 workers who are _ threatened with,unemployment. ;