FROM RUSSIA

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3849, 4 October 1932, Page 7

FROM RUSSIA

TIMBER FOR AUSTRALIA THE FIRST. LOT UNSOLD Sydney. Although the Russian timber now , being unloaded from tho Sliiunob Maim, in. Snail’s Bay. does, not c-om-jiete witiii Australian timber, it is lcgarded in the trade as » distinct rival to Canadian imports. The timber is mainly keddah, a rpeciet. of ]iino, wlhieli may be used for any softwood purpose. There is a fear in tho trade that it may be passed off as being from another country, Tho secretary of tho Sydney and Suburban Timber Merchants’ Association, Mr F. FI. C’orke, said that this shipment was in< c,i, ex train'd in ary, as the one by tho King Lud last year was still Ull.-OUI, and about 700.000 feet of the 880.000 was still in tho hands of the Russo Ex)virt Agency. Whether a, dumping duty liould i'c. imposed, as in the case of the King Lud’s cargo .is now und.r Cos. toms lur.iilera.fion.