Merits of N.Z. Timber

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 995, 11 June 1930, Page 6

Merits of N.Z. Timber

BUILDERS REVIEW SUBJECT Improvements In Milling A^ r interesting discussion on the merits and demerits of ■ft New Zealand timbers, particularly rimu, took place at the meeting of the Canterbury Builders’ Association last week. It was suggested that millers could improve their tongued and grooved timber by making the tongues fit the grooves better.

Mr. Keith Ramsay, a Dunedin timber merchant, wrote complaining of some statements made by Mr. W. H. Winsor, secretary to the association, in an interview in “The Sun,’’ Christchurch, a condensed version of which subsequently appeared in a Dunedin newspaper, where it was seen by Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Ramsay wrote as follows: “My attention has been drawn to an article appearing in the Dunedin ‘Evening Star’ of May 24, dealing with statements said to have been made to a reporter by your secretary, Mr. W. H. Winsor. While I agree with some of his remarks I strongly protest against the statement that American dressed lines are superior to

“This is not the millers’ or timber merchants’ fault; it falls on the shoulders of the State Forest Service, because their regulations call for cer tain sizes of trees to be cut into timber.

“I don’t think anyone in this city during the last three or four years has done more to boost local timber than I,”- concluded Mr. Winsor. “It’s not fair for anyone to say that I’m against New Zealand timbers. It’s totally inaccurate, and not borne out by anything I have said.” Mr. Rosindale remarked that there v/ere other New Zealand timbers, such at kauri and black pine, suitable for places wnich Mr. Winsor had said red pine was not suitable for.