WOOD FOR PIPES
.MATERIAL IN AUSTRALIA SPUR TO ENTERPRISE LONDON, Jan. 16 If anyone wants to make a fortune quickly he can earn it by producing an Empire wood, suitable for smokers' pipes, a representative of the Sunday Sun was assured. Mr. William Marshall, a timber and
veneer agent, said that manufacturers
were looking for a material to oust X Mediterranean briar and Austrian cherrywood. They had completed experiments with Australian timbers, including needlewood, Quandong, Wilga and tea-tree. Some of thcso woods, he said, contained resin, were too soft and spongy, and lacked cross grain. The bowls split when heated. Experts suggest that the briar might bo successfully grown in Australia, as the heather family, from which it is produced in France, already exists in the Commonwealth.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21399, 25 January 1933, Page 10
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