RUSSIAN DUMPING
SYDNEY PROTEST SHIPMENT OF TIMBER. Press Association Electric Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, Thursday. A storm of protest has arisen in regard to the arrival of the huge shipment of timber from a Russian port. Portion of the timber, which is cedar, was sold before its arrival. The Timber Merchants’ Association lias appealed to the Government to “arrest the dumping of Soviet slaveproduced timber” on the ground that locally-milled timber is unable to compete with it. The Federal authorities are now making inquiries. The shipment arrived on Wednesday •by the motor-ship King Lud, and consists of 888,000 super feet of cedar.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 June 1931, Page 5
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