SHORTAGE OF FITTINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 214, 10 September 1945, Page 4

SHORTAGE OF FITTINGS

HANDICAPPING BUILDING ACTIVITY Inquiries made in lhe . city reveal that d shortage of fittings rather than a shortage ot timber is handicapping building activities locally. Regarding timber supplies, Wanganui is fortunate in having drying kiln facilities wh’.ch permit the seasoning of limber in a matter of weeks instead of months, but this advantage is offset, so lar as building is com erned, to some .extent by Hie fact there are several large furniture factories in Wanganui which require much of the timber a.vaiianle. The secretary of the Wanganui Timber Allocation Committee. Mr. G. H. Trott, said that the Timber Controller had originally allotted lhe Wanganui zone, which goes as far as Batea,- 250,000 super feet of limber a month. The zone had. however been receiving an average of 300.000 suoer feel, and was belter •> . than a number of other areas. “No jobs have been delayed here because of shortage oi limoc: since the committee started,’’ he added. “Our greatest need is for more timber for the local furniture manufacturers. much of whose products g< cutside the district.” Mr. Trott said that i: was < mated that between 50,000 and 70,000 super Teel ol manulaciirA .’ 1 • was produced in Wanganui ever} month, and the allocation committee had made representations to the con-