SWAMP KAURI
“PRACTICALLY WORTHLESS” AUSTRALIANS. WARNED. Bv Telegrapti.—Press Assn.—Copyright. SYDNEY, December 6. In a paper read before the Royal Society, Mr M. B. Welch, B.Sc., poinif ed out ;that owing to the shortage of .New Zealand kauri a considerable amount of timber was being milled from buried logs taken from swamps and shipped to Sydney. Although it appeared of excellent*-quality, 'on drying it warped badly-* and ruptured across the grain. Tests showed that it was only a third as strong as sound kauri. This swamp kauri was in most cases practically worthless and should he avoided,
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12623, 7 December 1926, Page 9
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96SWAMP KAURI New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12623, 7 December 1926, Page 9
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