EMPIRE SOFTWOOD SUPPLIES. 95 PER CENT. FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES. A fact little realised by supporters of “Buy Empire Goods” is that only 5 per. cent, of the Empire’s supplies of 'softwood is drawn from within the Empire, while the remaining' 95 per cent, is imported from such countries as Norway, Sweden and Russia. Bondholders in N.Z. Perpetual Forests Ltd. help to decrease this unfair ratio by enabling the company to plant forests of softwood timber on the waste lands of' the Dominion, which, when they attain maturity, should prove a valuable source of softwood supply for the rest of the Empire. Estimates show, too, that with this huge waiting market top prices should be realised.*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17609, 27 October 1931, Page 2
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115Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17609, 27 October 1931, Page 2
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