TIMBER COMMISSION.
—— REPORT HANDED IN Per Prpss Association. WELLINGTON, June 23. The report of tlie Timber Commission was signed and forwarded to ;.hc Government to-day. Tlie "Post" iintlpr&tnmls that a unanimous finding has been come lo" after a series of compromises. It is understood that/ 'he Commissi ii will find tliat the jmnotration of Oregon does not menace local industry, and tiiat it- will be recommended tlrifc long lengths of Oregon should be admitted free, and tlie duty on shorter lengths (which compete with local timbers) should be increased by Is per 100 feet. It is also understood that the Commission find the prices «»i timber locally not I'tidiilv high, that railway freights on limber should be reduced, that more i p-io-dafe niachiii'-rv for hauling logs h-mld be install'd ' y millers, and that • • •attorestation -n- 'iM be more vigorously piisl.ed on by " lie Governiuent.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13937, 24 June 1909, Page 3
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144TIMBER COMMISSION. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13937, 24 June 1909, Page 3
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