BOARD OF TRADE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 299, 14 December 1918, Page 5

BOARD OF TRADE

WHIT* PINE INDUSTRY EMBARGO ON' EXPORT. COMPLAINTS {FROM' COAST- . . . 'MILLS. (United Press Association.} GEYMCUTH, This Day. The Board of Trade • restrictions on the export pf. white. pine l , applying, to •the .. est Consv, ...; are causing alarm among &11 those interested in sawmills' producing white, pifie for export. They, ■claim that the .new regulation'■■pro"- l hibit'ing the •export of 60. per cent,, of the output will make it impossible for fcheni to .carry oii. '(Orders.cannot >be obtained from New 'Zealand users for ny:t|iing approaching . the quantity. I{ the orders were obtainable, by the millers' the scarcity of shipping woijld prevent. delivery. . It instated. as. a fact that a small order of Svhite pine cut for (Vvellirigton ; lias had' io. remain'.'eo long" on the iriri signs of .decay. The; ,sam©.'condi•f?6jaS~"^iaye.. prevailed, .. moTe' tiiaii Orico in, the pa.St, a-nd;; timber -cut for New Zealand ports has-^had. to' be, 'shipped to Australia to' avoid total to the millers., •- •; The regulations , in • f.or'cej •whilei they may- hH applicable to 1 paft« of tlie Dominion where the local markets are in rail communication, with tlie mills, they are, considered wholly uri- 1 .suita'ble to West Coast conditions, and if .enforced as-they stand, .-can onty result in, tlie closing . doVvii'of those r mills which are depending" on tho white piiie Cradle. " " ...