PLAN FOR INDUSTRY

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25055, 20 November 1944, Page 7

PLAN FOR INDUSTRY

present _and future i[F he exotic plantations i plan for the reorganisation of the timber industry with a view to relievifarthe shortage of timber that _ now 'ijlsts will be submitted to the Jsational idvisory Timber Production Committee i,t its meeting in Wellington next l ffi onth. The scheme has been framed by the workers' representatives oil the committee, Messrs. f Craig, secretary nf the New Zealand limber Workers .Union, and W. Seator. A tribunal representative of the Forestry Department, the workers and the mill owners, with an independent chairman, is suggested to plan the future use of the remaining indigenous areas. Present production it is claimed, could be assisted by this means, while the existing serious crisis could be met quickly bv the cutting of exotic 'timbers, whether State or privately "plan envisaged, Mr Craig stated, included a uniform royalty on standing timber, and a uniform price on the (kids to all mills whether State, co-operative, or private. In addition it iris considered co-operative marketing MS the only sound way of handling distribution.'Each producing mill would hbld shares in the company based on the annual output. All three grouns '(State, private and co-operative) would late representatives on the board of Arts' distributing, co-operative company. The board would be a disciplinary Wr regarding the quantity of timber produced, ana would be the tprag authority for the types of B&«stablished. It would be the organiuiwj through which State or private interests would be approached for an Srly extension of industry. Through It each -mill would receive monthly payment for timber as it wa3 produced, three phases of production were suggested. The conservator of forests and should be responsible for the production of logs from Stateowied areas. Co-operative mills should ke financial assistance from the State, receiving the benefit of suitable plant ad buildings and the latest ideas. The third phase involved the granting of licences to recognised companies prepared to accept terms whereby the Btnte would provide logs, fixed royalties, i iniform price on the skids, and the institution of a co-operative system of marketing. MODERN AMENITIES PROVISION IN STATE HOUSES T(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday Housewives may enjoy the amenities of a refrigerator and washing machine ina single unit in the kitchens of State louses if the hopes of the Minister in charge of Housing, Mr 'Semple, are realised. Mr Semple said this morning that the department was concentrating on the practicability of putting a refrigerator and a washing machine, each of new type, superior to any now in we country, into future State houses. The principle was that they would be included in the kitchen in a single-unit Milch. They would take up little space, wo would eliminate a lot of the houseWaY drudgery. "The scheme is not impossible from m point of view of cost, as there_ is compensating factor of the abolition J' 4 wash-house," added the Minis"The wash-house in State houses costs over £IOO, and we are pretty well convinced that the two units proposed wl not cost any more than that. It ■items that most of the parts can be manufactured in New Zealand. What *8 are i tryirjg to avoid is having to Marge increased rent if such amenities "8 provided."

WATER FOR DARWIN £250,000 PUMPING SCHEME |L . ( SYDNEY, Oct. 28 iiarwin's water supply is now suppleftonted by 400,000 gallons a day, giving Bole the supply which was available ow the Manton reservoir before the Jar. ? 6w wa ter pumping scheme comlt at an estimated cost of £250,000 opened. The plant is between S Springs and Darwin. Water is SSi m a storage basin, and is ?h • P'!* 11116 17 miles. •i,J® ®. n tire work was done by a Royal of i * n Engineer unit, with the aid ' infantry attachments.

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