AUSTRALIAN HARDWOOD.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 227, 25 September 1929, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN HARDWOOD.

|. NEW ZEALAND SUPPLY SHORT. CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA. 5 With reference to the announcement o the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric Powe: Board that it intends to order steel tele graph poles from Britain, owing to th< - shortage of Australian hardwood due tc : the strike, the following letter has beei : received from the Sydney Chamber o: Commerce: — "This statement was referred by u , to large shippers of these poles, and thej ; state that the fact that no timber pole, have been delivered in Wanganui is cer tainly not due to any timber troubles, a the timber strike had no effect whatevei on export shipments. The timber striki only operated in the metropolitan area and in so far as the country districts art concerned where the poles are beinf obtained, the men have been working under award conditions and large sup plies have been shipped to various powei boards, county councils and other bodiei in New Zealand all the time. "Competition for pole contracts is exceptionally keen, and it is felt thai if any of your local authorities are ii: the market for further supplies then should be no difficulty in obtaining .deliveries, although it may be necessary to resort to trans-shipment from main ports to out ports such as Wanganui."