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INVERCARGILL COMPLAINT. [ Per Press Association. 1 INVERCARGILL, Oct. 12. Deeming to-day to be a suitable occasion on account of three large overseas steamers being in port, Messrs D. J. Wesney and W. Grieve, members of the shipping committee of the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce, paid a visit to Bluff jn an attempt to disprove the shipping companies’ statement that it was only on isolated occasions that foreign timber was being used for dunnage. They visited all three overseas boats, the Taranaki, Cornwall and Tongariro, and in each case discovered foreign timber. Some of it had previously been used and was stored aboard for dunnage. On the Taranaki New Zealand timber was being used for the purpose, but reposing in the vessel’s ’tween decks was a large quantity of spruce, which it was stated was not suitable lor the class of cargo the Taranaki was using. 44 T0-day’s investigation inclines us to believe that the practice is becoming very prevalent,” said Mr. Wesney, ‘‘and that united action must be taken throughout the country to safeguard our timber industry.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 242, 13 October 1931, Page 7
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179FOREIGN TIMBER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 242, 13 October 1931, Page 7
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