TIMBER FOR SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20259, 20 May 1929, Page 14

TIMBER FOR SCHOOLS.

Sir,—l was very much surprised to read that I am reported to have said that no timber grown in New Zealand was fit for fencing. I am exceedingly sorry if I have conveyed that impression, as nothing was further from my mind. In discussing the question at the board meelr ing I said I was surprised that such a body as the Federated Sawmillers should take exception to such a trivial matter as the expenditure of the sum of £lO on a contract of £I9OO in the purchase of foreign timber. I also stated th&fc for such purposes as large folding doom, where weight is an important consideration, that redwood could be used with justification. And, further, with regard to the use of 0.T5. timber in the erection of our schools, I said that the architect had gone further than I would have in this matter. The only 0.8. timber that I considered it safe to use was totara,. Private individuals may do as they like, but, as one responsible for the expenditure of public money, I must act as experience in the building trade has taught me. F. A. Snell. Claudelands, Hamilton.