TIMBER FOR BUTTER-BOXES.
AUCKLAND, 17th Mai eh, Mr. George Lush, chairman of directors of tho Kauri Timber Company, who pays an annual visit to Auckland to confer with the directors in Now Zealand, arrived by the Mongolia yesterday. In the course of an interview, he had something to say about the reported proposal to import- Japanese and Polish timber into Australia for butterbox purposes. Up to the present the manufacture of nutter-boxes in Australasia has been practically monopolised by New Zealand kahikatea (white pine), owing to its non-odorous quality and its lightness, but, according to Sydney experts, a bid is about to be made against this supremacy. Mr. Lush, however, is of opinion that the report has very little gi'ound for foundation. Some buyer whose contract has "squeezed" him may feel annoyed with the position, and has begun to talk of opposition sources, or it may be that some speculative people have thought of entering into the butterbox business, but at present it passes him to know how the New Zealand timber is likely to be supplanted.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 65, 18 March 1910, Page 3
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177TIMBER FOR BUTTER-BOXES. Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 65, 18 March 1910, Page 3
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