Maori Project For Milling Of Timber
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' TAUMAR QN LT, Fob. 6, The Maori o i'viiera of the 1-nketapu Bloek, an area .of 17,000 acres oi' tiitibei land, bituated ou the new Tlau-ttinrnnni-Takaanu road, have completed transactions whieh bilng to etilmina tion one of the largeat timber enter prises in the eountry. Neafly three years ago the owners Ibrnted themsel'ves ittto an ineorporateti body to super.yise and eOiitrol the log ging and sale of' miiiabie. tiinbe'r 1'roht this area, and ;hey envigage a cutting programme covering a period of 30 years. It is estimated that aftter allowing for scenic reserves, . tliero will beI§,000 aeres of merciiatttabk tiinbei availabi'e for entting. Logging operations have be'en let by contract, and are being earried but by tWo regisfered limited Maori-owne4 Oonipanie's. The bionthly extraction of logs ifreported to be between 350,000. and oO'OjOOO .feet (Haakon Bahl log me'asutehient) by each logging nnil, and the annuhl ontpnt for both will be 15,000,000 feet log meaSUreinent. . ■ ttealforestatioh will fotlow the logging operations, and. a nursery for this purpose is to be e'stablished at* Manunui. The latest development is the purchase 6f Sehnifdt 'S tihiber aiill at Taumarunui. Measures are to be'takeh to preserve bird iife in the area being miiled. '*
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 February 1948, Page 4
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