THE TIMBER INDUSTRY,
OUTLOOK BAD OX WEST COAST.
(From Ouh Own CoßßcsroxnEKT.)
ORKYMOUTII. April 1!). Tlmre is n note of pessimism about the labour Department's monthly report <,n the lalwttr conditions in (ireyiiwtith. The congestion of shipping in Australian ports Ins, it Mem*, seriously interfered with the output of timber on the coast. In consequence of this all tlic mills cutting white pine for the Australian tnule have their skids full up of timber, mid no meat:* are afforded them to relieve the e:)iic;«stii»ii owing to (lie protracted dolivery of order.!. Time mills have closed down, and two more are expected to close in a few (lavs. ' i
Whi'.t is a mote corions feature or* |>k> industry is the fallinrrofl of orda-s for red pine timber, adds the report. This foretot'ore. marketable oommodity has jwllcd on 111? timber market to an extrac'ditiary degree, and the millers are feelin? it acutely, lioth employers and employees are much concerned alxnit Ihe present outlook.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15433, 20 April 1912, Page 12
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161THE TIMBER INDUSTRY, Otago Daily Times, Issue 15433, 20 April 1912, Page 12
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