AUCKLAND NOTES.
1 (BY TEXEQRAPn —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) Auckland, May it).' Mr. Barber, ox-M.l'. for Newtown, stated* at the 'i'imbei 1 Commission's Auckland -it' tingj that houses 6/ui ho' built in Wellington of concrete almost as cheaply as Wooden olies; A witness doubted tlio assertion/ thereupon Mr. Barker said that the Government Architect, who was his authority) had asserted that a four-roonied cottage built of concrete cost Only £C inoro for material than if it had been built of wood. ' The attitudo bf .tiio Lands. Department towards the-timber industry was complained of by Mr. (i. A. Poarco, of Maiutiku, ui giving evidence before the Timber Commission ou Saturday morning. He said, not only were the royalties excessive, but millers. in addition, were subjected; to harassing delays by the Departmont' in • regard' to obtaining access to timber areas. Ho thought that it was tiino that the red tape of tho Department was "tempered with common sense."
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 504, 11 May 1909, Page 2
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154AUCKLAND NOTES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 504, 11 May 1909, Page 2
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