SHORTAGE OF TIMBER.
Some idea of the shortage of timber in Britain can be gathered from the fact that packing cases can now be spared only for goods that cannot be packed in bales or crates. The Home Government recently suggested shipping boots in bales, but this idea was impracticable. Manufacturers are hoping to get supplies of homegrown timbers for case-making, but meanwhile bales will be used wherever possible. Men's shirts are already on the> water packed in this way.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16597, 21 July 1917, Page 8
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