DEMAND FOR TIMBER.
BEDROCK PRICES. (Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 31. “ Building timber will never he cheaper than it is now/’ stated the Director of Forestry, Mr L. MTntosh Ellis, in the course of an interview, j “ Now is the time for tho liome-buildor to get busy. With the slackening de- | rnand from Australia, stocks are piling ! up at the mills on the West Coast of | the South Island. Millions of feet of ! choice rimu, totara and beech are in | stock ready for the market, and prices i are down to bedrock- With the ad- | vent of spring, however, these choice j seasoned stocks will he purchased, and j with the resultant quickened demand prices are certain to harden.’ 5 The forest service is looking forward, he added, to a greatly increased demand lor timber products with the corning of spring. The service is planning on a wide demand from farmers and settlers for forest tree seedlings from the South Island State nurseries at Tapanui and Hanmer Springs.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16748, 1 June 1922, Page 9
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