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Supplies For Use In State Houkes “I am aware that in the South Island some difficulty has been experienced by contractors in securing adequate supplies of heart timber for the construction of State rental houses,” said the Minister in Charge of Housing, Mr. Armstrong, in reply to a question by Mr. Nordmeyer (Government, Oamaru) in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr. Nordmeyer had also asked whether the Minister would consider the possibility of utilizing more timber of the 0.8. variety. ‘•Though the proportion of heart timber specified by the Department of Housing Construction in the average house in the South Island is only from 20 per cent, to 30 per cent., arrangements have been made to reduce this percentage to a still lower figure in some cases to assist contractors and the timber industry,” said Mr. Armstrong.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 258, 29 July 1939, Page 12
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139HEART TIMBER Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 258, 29 July 1939, Page 12
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