NEW ZEALAND WHITE PINE
CONSERVATION OF SUPPLIES AUSTRALIA DISAPPOINTED Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright CANBERRA, April 24. (Received April 24, at 11.35 a.m.) The Secretary of the Department of Commerce (Mr Murphy) said that further negotiations ’between the Cominon wealth Government and New Zealand for the purchase of New Zealand white pine for the manufacture of butter boxes had ended in a manner highly disappointing to the Commonwealth. Because of the determination of New Zealand to conserve her supplies or white pine it was becoming evident that Australian butter exporters must rely increasingly, if not wholly, upon the timber resources of the Commonwealth for the maintenance of future export trade.
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Evening Star, Issue 22631, 24 April 1937, Page 15
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108NEW ZEALAND WHITE PINE Evening Star, Issue 22631, 24 April 1937, Page 15
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