KAURI FROM SWAMPS
SYDNEY ALLEGATIONS (Received December 6, 1 p.m.) SYDNEY, eDc. 6. In a paper read before the Roval Society, Mr M. B. Welch, B.Sc, pointed out that owing to the shortage of New Zealand kauri a considerable amount of limber was being milled from buried logs taken from swamps, and shipped to Sydney. Although it appeared excellent in quality, on drying it warped badly and ruptured across the grain. Tests showed it to be only one-third as strong as sound kauri. This swamp kauri was, in most cases, practically worthless, and should be avoided.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16209, 6 December 1926, Page 8
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96KAURI FROM SWAMPS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16209, 6 December 1926, Page 8
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