FORESTRY COMMISSION.
FUTURE TIMBER SUPPLY. [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, May 16. Giving evidence before the Forestry Commission to-day, Mr Bennett, president of the Builders and Contractors Federation, pointed out that the timber supplies in all parts of tha world had been regarded as a- field of exploitation for immediate profit, without the least regard for the necessities of the future. In. New Zealand we were treating a natural resource, which was a non- » payable on©, on the same basis as an I agricultural product, which was an annual one. • The future of the timber supply of the dominion was a matter of grave national concern, and a hope was expressed that the Government would not yield to the interested clamour of the few who, for the sake of their own immediate wants or personal gain, would exclude all foreign supplies, which would have the effect of staving off the evil day when we shall be compelled to depend altogether upon what we may be able to obtain from outside sources.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10770, 16 May 1913, Page 2
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