AUCKLAND TO GET BIGGER TIMBER QUOTA

Chronicle (Levin), 10 July 1946, Page 7

AUCKLAND TO GET BIGGER TIMBER QUOTA

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AUCKLAND, July 9. Auckland 's timber quota will be i iiicreased from 2,U00,00Uft a mouth to j 2,90U,(J00t't from August 1, accordiug to a telegram received from the Commis- ! sioner of State Porestsj Aiajor C. t'. I .Skinner, by the Auckland Master ! Builders' Association. The quotas foi j all zones wero being adjusted in ac-. cordance with popuration and building I labour available. In the past Auckland had received considerablv more tlian its quota, added M ajor ykinner. It had also been given a preferential allocation of pinus inI signis for house building. | A fear that the increased quota wouhl i include timber brought into the' zone j direct from the mills by builders, was exprcssed by the secretary of the j Association, Mr. H. M. Clark. By this i method about o()0, 000ft per month was i obtaincd above the quota of 2,000,0001't whitrli came tli rough merclmnts. If this i timber came within the quota the new allocaliou would nican an increase of only al'out 400,000ft a month. An order requbsting millers to obtain the ! consent of the Auckland Timber End Use Committee before making direct saies, wns expected. The secretary of the End-l'se Committee, Mr. W. V Ktdsall. said lte had not lteard of such an order being issucd to millers. He had not yet received advice of the in creased quota.