NEW ZEALAND TIMBER.
♦ SUGCiEbTED UK IMPOSITION OF DUIIES. [I'RKSS ASSOOUIION.I (Received May 20, 10.11 a.m.) WtisiiANK, This Day. ' A parly of Federal members, which is touriii{r tlu. Slate enquiring into (he hiij-ar and oilier duties, was infoimed that, t lie win to pmo industry had been uipplcd owni},' to the New Zealand impoi LuluViih. Mr. Watson, ex- Federal Premier, suggoslod thai tlio mat tor should be considered by this Tnriil' Commission with a view to tho possible ronnposition of duties on Now Zealand pine. The. demand fiom Australia for white pine- for butter-boxes has fallen oir lo hii<-h an extant Unit buwmillui-H in tho Auckl.m.l district lmvo bei-n compelled to dispun&o with tho fccrvicoh of a number ol their men. '
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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 5
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NEW ZEALAND TIMBER.
Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 5
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