TELEGRAMS.
KAURI TIMBER. ffit Teiegbaph.— Speoial to The Post.] .AUCKLAND, This Day. In conversation with a representative of the Star, a local timber miller states that there is still a good demand for first-class kauri for export to England, and for that reason millers are naturally anxious that this branch of the industry should not be killed by a duty on timber exported. The enquiries now being received from Home are in many instances the outcome of recommendations from the High Commissioner in London. He contended it was useless to try to conserve the kauri for the future requirements of New Zealand, because of the danger from bush fires as settlement spreads. Then, too, the tapping of the kauri trees for gum also entails damage to the tree, unless most carefully carried out. He also stated that the w^ages of the men employed in the timber industry would have to come down unless the millers had th& profit to fall back on from the export trade, as the price is better than can be obtained locally^
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 107, 7 May 1909, Page 3
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176TELEGRAMS. Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 107, 7 May 1909, Page 3
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