Timber Supplies Overtake The Demand
WELLINGTON, August IS. Gi\Ten a reasonable suppiy of bui VI- j ing requisites other than timber, the J : suppiy of the latter would alreadv be l'ound to have overtaken the deniahd. L This conclusion .was pre'sented by the ! president, Mr. L. K. II. Bhigent, in a J report today to the annual meeting of 1 I)un>ini.on Federated Sawmillers. The 1 feport added that there Avas lit tio doubt ' that hotxsing const.ruc.tion during the 1 jiast year was at its peak. Inereased production during the past ' vear and the overtaking of the aeute 1 demand lessened tlie need for controls, 1 said tlie report, althougli the dintinish- 1 ing sources of white pine required ' most attention to ensure that it was ehannelled to most essential purposes.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1948, Page 5
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