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TIMBER COMMISSION. AUCKLAND SITTINGS. [BY TELEGBAPH. — PBESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, This Day. Before the Timber Commission, the Hon. E. Mitchebon, representing Mitchelson and Company, large timber exporters, said, his company had not paid a., dividend for the last five years, though last year they made a profit of 9£ per cent., without allowing ior depreciation. He opposed an export duty on kauri, which would close all the Northern mills, and throw a large number of men out of employment, without cheapening timber, which was at bedrock prices now. It was the purest nonsense to talk of conservation of the bush in view of insecurity from fire' risks. He denied that timber was re-exported from Australia at prices lower than were charged here. He thought the present duty on Oregon pine sufficient.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1909, Page 8
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132EXTRA EDITION. Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1909, Page 8
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