TIMBER FROM AMERICA.
DUMPED INTO AUSTRALIA, BRISBANE, June !). A deputation representing the Queensland Timber Protection League asked the Tariff Board for an increase of duty on case timber and timber cut to sizes for making boxes. A member of the deputation stated that American companies were dumping'timber into Australia at a loss of 20 per cent. If relief was not granted, tho case mills would bo compelled to close, The deputation later saw Mr Hughes, who agreed that a strong case had been made out. He urged that all the facts be supplied to tho board, on whose recommendation alterations would bo effected without delay.—Press Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 420, 10 June 1922, Page 5
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106TIMBER FROM AMERICA. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 420, 10 June 1922, Page 5
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