TIMBER INDUSTRY

Northern Advocate, 7 June 1933, Page 8

TIMBER INDUSTRY

EXPORT OUTLOOK. INQUIRIES FROM ABROAD. (Per Press Association. —Copyright.) WELLINGTON. This Day. 'Discussing the prospects of developing the trade in New Zealand limbecs with England, Mr A. Seed, secretary of the New /(‘aland Sa wmillers ’ Federation, said it was distinctly encouraging to know that, as a direct result ot the mission carried out by Mr A. R. Fntrican, engineer to the State Forest service, and Mr (J. Banc Imp, sawmiller. if Southland, several in(|uiries by cable ;ram had been received recently. These vere not only for silver beech, bnt for rimn and matai.

Rimn. said Mr Seed, was required for he sides and backs of drawers in cab

iuetmaking, displacing the American :nd Continental timbers. Matai would probably In* required for flooring. ft was probably one of tin* finest flooring Embers in the world. The requirement.' ,f the English market in respect to timber was very exacting, said Mr Seta), both as to grade and seasoning. WPh the knowledge acquired by the recentmission, it was felt there would be no diflicnlty in providing the requisite standard. Already a number of drying kilns had been established by southern sa wmillers, and others were projected elsewhere.

Questioned as to the quantity of matai available for export, Mr Seed replied that the supply was not unlimited Matai took iTll vears to mature. There-

fore, for afforestation as a commercial proposition other timbers for which the period of regeneration was from 30 to 00 years, such as silver beech and fawn, were of much more permanent industrial value. Forests of these timbers on a perpetual yield basis were most promising.