PINUS INSIGNIS
USE IN STATE HOUSES. (Press Assn) WELLINGTON, Sept. 28 Widely regarded as unsuitable for buildings, insights pine has been used in the construction of State houses in New Zealand. It has been used as an experiment and demonstration at a time when the authorities regard the production of native timber as insufficient to meet the demands of the large building programme and when the use of alternative timber must be examined. The timber has been used, in the State . houses in the Hutt Valley, Auckland, Hamilton, and Cliristchurch.
Insignis pine was used for the construction of six houses in the Hutt Valley. In five cases it was limited to the interior framing only, and in a sixth house it was used ' for both interior and exterior framing.. The timber was kiln-dried, a fairly expensive process.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 258, 29 September 1945, Page 5
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137PINUS INSIGNIS Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 258, 29 September 1945, Page 5
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