THE PRICE OF TIMBER.
Speaking' to our Wairarapa correspondent upon tho' sawmilling- industry, an authprity in l tile Bush Districts stated, thai; there was lie doubt that the: price of timber must go up all ovor the Island, if not over the whole of the "Dominion; With increasing'population the demancj (was how greater than ever, lutf there was no increase in the output. In addition ,to other disadvantages which the millers are- at; present labouring under, our informant declared that railway freights on timber required an adjustment by the Government. Just now it cost about per 100 feet to* rail timobcr from Rangitikei to Wellington. This was. too much to pay when one considered •'tlio other expenses which had to be borne; by the millers, and ther6-should bo a continued agitation until tho Government modified its charges..
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 8
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137THE PRICE OF TIMBER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 8
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