THE R.S.A. CONFERENCE.
TIMBER export OPPOSED. j|| [by telegraph.— press association.] f§| WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The conference of the New Zealand Re- || turned Soldiers' Association passed ihe fol- |Sl| lowing remits to-day That a Bill be in- 01 troduced to Parliament next, session pro- ||(i viding that Ai:zac Day be a statutory jjjjl holiday; that, in the opinion of the asso- , Llfei ciation, the present shortage of house pro- f/ij perty and the excessive prices thereof, and Ira the scarcity of building operations, are. ifefl largely the direct result'of the' wholesale |fi exportation of building timber by most of ffl the large timber corporations throughout jfj| New Zealand, and that the Government be f urged to stop such exportation and com- || mandeer all available building material I - for the erection of home,;. f||
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17486, 2 June 1920, Page 7
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