EXPORTS OF WHITE PINE.
* CONTRACT WITH SYDNEY. , [BY TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENT.] "if* Wellington. Friday. /. The local agents for Messrs. E. Pike and • Co., shipowners and timber mer- .-.. 'C chants, of Sydney, have been advised that a contract with a currency of. three' I years has been secured by the- firm for" the carriage from New Zealand ports to ; Sydney of upwards of 18,000.000 ft of white pine, to be used in the manufac-! tore of butter boxes by the recentlyformed co-operative butter-box factory i of Now South Wales. Messrs. Pike and ' Co intend to employ the whole of their ' ' sailing vessels, and 'it is understood that , several vessels are to be chartered. The: contract provides that at least 6,000,000 ft ; of white pine shall be delivered in Sydney annually. The first shipment will arrive at Sydney within a couple of months, , M and the other shipments will follow at regular intervals. The new co-operative : butter-box company proposes to erect a factory on the fores-horn-; of Sydney Harbour, and modern machinery is "to be installed. The supplies of'white pine contracted for will enable the-.factory to turn out about 600,003 butter boxea yearly. , |§j _
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14375, 21 May 1910, Page 8
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