N.Z. WHITE PINE
RESTRICTION ON EXPORT FURTHER REPRESENTATIONS BY AUSTRALIA UNAVAILING "HIGHLY DISAPPOINTING TO COMMONWEALTH [United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] (Received 24th April, 2 p.m.) CANBERRA, This Day. The secretary of the Department of Commerce, Mr Murphy, said that further negotiations between the Commonwealth Government and New Zealand for the purchase of New Zealand white pine for the manufacture of butter boxes had ended in a manner highly disappointing to the Commonwealth. Because of the determination of New Zealand to conserve her supplies of white pine it was becoming evident that Australian butter exporters must rely increasingly, if not wholly, upon the timber resources of the Commonwealth for the maintenance of the future export, trade.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 April 1937, Page 9
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115N.Z. WHITE PINE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 April 1937, Page 9
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