Russian Timber
A SHIPMENT AT SYDNEY MUCH CURIOSITY AROUSED [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.] Received June 17, 8.30 p.m. SYDNEY, June 17. The timber trade in Sydney, also official circles, are curiously inquiring about a shipment of timber from a Russian port which arrived by the motor-ship “King Lud ” yesterday. Tho bill of lading discloses 388,000 super feet of cedar which, if intended fur furniture manufacture, will com pete with Queensland maple and silky oak, while if it is boxwood, will cum peto w with New Zealand pine. The shipment is regarded by mor chants here as a “feeler” to test the Australian market.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 142, 18 June 1931, Page 7
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