FOREIGN TIMBER NOT USED IN HOSTEL
A STATEMENT DENIED NEW ZEALAND WOOD A FEATURE • i TIMAIIU, Last Night. Mr. Herbert Hall, architect for. ,th,o iiostel at Tongjiriru National Park, seen in regard to the telegraph statement thUt considerable quantities cf American timber are to, "be in the Hostel,, said the statement was wholly inaccurate.' At present only workmen's huts wore hurriedly erected? in time for use by, Christmas picnickers. A small quantity of Oregon was on the site because local material was not available in tW. No, material bad yet been ordered for the miiiu. building., which Avould cost £60,000. A "special elavtee, .was. inserted in the specifications, at the instance; of the Prime Minister, stipulating that a feature must be made of New Zealand timber in the hostei.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 91, 29 November 1928, Page 6
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