NEW ZEALAND TIMBER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20595, 20 June 1930, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND TIMBER.

FALLING OFF IN DEMAND,,

FURTHER PROTECTION WANTED. [BY TELEGHAra. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON, Thursday. Owing to the extraordinary falling-oit in the demand for timber,, which has amounted to about 2,000,000 ft. a month, the Sawmillers* Trading Company, Limited, representing over 40 millers, will curtail its output cither by shortening hands or by reducing working hoars. A decision to this effect was yiade at a meeting of tho company in Hamilton yesterday. The dumping of foreign timber on fcn» Now Zoaland market in recent yeara was stated to be tho principal cause _of the slump. Sawmillers present said the orders received this month were far below the average. Several said they had not an order on their books. Their stocks of timber in hand had reached tho limit. _ It was emphasised that the existing state of affairs would have a serious effect on unemployment. Tho drop :n production since 1925 was stated to be nearly 74,000,000 ft. of timber, whilo in the same period tho number of men employed in the industry had dropped from 7377 to 5757. " A reduction in the price of the higlier grades of timber was decided upon, with the object of assisting New Zealand timbers to compete with the imported article. It was stated that the Government was to bo asked, when the tariff is being revised, to consider granting further protection against imported, timber, as there is ample local timber to meet the demand. WOOL STABILISATION. ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD.! CONFERENCE AFFIRMS SCHEME[BY TELEGBArn. —PRESS ASSOCIATION*. ] "WELLINGTON. Thursday. Tho principle of tho establishment of a Wool Stabilisation Board has been affirmed by tho New Zealand Farmers' Union and the Sheepowners' Federation in conference. The report of the meeting of the committees of each body was submitted to tho conference of tho Farmers*' Union to-day, as follows: "At tho meeting of the committees Mr. H. Di Acland stated that at a meet-, ing of tho Sheepowners' Federation just held tho following resolution had been, passed:—'That, as tho Australian sheepowners' conference is now sitting,. wa maintain tho position agreed on at tha previous conference regarding wool control until Australia reaches a decision, and that, should a scheme be adopted by Australia on a federal basis with South Africa, this committee again meets with a view to our co-operation along lines adaptable to New Zealand interests.' " After discussion it was unanimously decided ' that the sheepowners' resolution given above be adopted, with, the deletion of the word control and tho substitution of the word stabilisation. It was also unanimously decided chat a joint committee be appointed, comprising seven members of tho Farmers' Union and seven. ' members of the Sheepowners' Federation." After tho report had been read the president, Mr. W. J. Poison, said the joint committee had come to a unanimous decision and the conference must eithei accept or reject the report. Mr. F. S. Bowen, one of the representatives on tho committee, said tbe> Australian sheepowners were now meeting in Brisbane and the Australian Wool Growing Council would met next week* The Australians had invited New Zea-. land to join them. They had already met the South Africans at Capetown and had agreed that South Africa should join Australia in whatever plans were mads with regard to the stabilisation of wooL Whatever they agreed that it was neces-i sary to do, New Zealand should join in.He therefore asked the conference to adopt the report as it was desired to sond a cablegram to Brisbane immediately. The report was adopted unanimously without discussion. PEDIGREE JERSEY SALE.- / GOOD PRICES ~AT ARIA At Mr. M. V. Reeve-Smith's diapersftt salo of his Jersey herd held at Aria, on Tuesday, there was a large attendance of buyers and good competition. . Tho cows averaged 38igns., the heifers 35gns.. and the bulls, including tho yearlings, 18gns. The top price of the day was 63gns. paid by Mr. A. J. Keighley, of Aria, for Clarissa of Aria, a beautiful young cow bred by the vendor. In tho heifers. Geralda of Aria reached 51gns., abo purchased by Mr. Keighley. Local buyers accounted for the whole of the catalogue. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, Te Kuiti. and Messrs. Newton King, Limited, New Plymouth, v.',ore auctioneers in conjunction.