MANUFACTURE OF BUTTER BOXES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2923, 23 March 1910, Page 8

MANUFACTURE OF BUTTER BOXES.

NEW ZEALAND'S' MARKET .... '...ASSURED. „ AUCKLAND, March 16. Mr George Lush, chairman of ' directors of the Kauri Timber' Company;, vyho .pays aft ;anniial- visit" E .to' confer with, .i'n" Now Zea-' land, "arrived and. in. the. course,." of s an''interview had something to. say" about tne reported proposal to import Japanese and Polish timber to Australia, for-butter-box-pur-poses. Up. to the present the manu-

facture of butter boxes in Australasia has been practically monopolised by New Zealand kahikatea, which is eminently suited for the purpose owing to its nonodorous quality and its lightness, but according to Sydney experts a bid is about to be made against its supremacy. Mr Lush, however, is of opinion that the report has very little ground for foundation. " Some buyer whose contract has ' squeezed ' him," he said, " may feel annoyed with the position and has begun to talk of opposition sources, or it may be that some speculative people have thought of entering into the butter-box business, but at present it passes me to know how New Zealand timber is likely to be supplanted, as it so thoroughly fills the requirements." Mr Lush, in fact, considers that the whole rumour may be discounted very considerably.