POWELUSED WOOD.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1911, 20 November 1913, Page 7

POWELUSED WOOD.

—^—« —~— ■ FEDERAL COMMITTEE W INQUIRY, INTERESTING EVIDENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association—CoftyriKlt > (Rec, November 20, 1.30 p.m.) Melbourne, November 19. , Before a Select Committee of t-Tio ■ House, Mr. Gorton, a. director of the '~ -, Powell Wood Process Company, said ■ L that lie did not think that the tests of ; pine in New Zealand ■ told against the • j Powellising. process, as the wood was i rotten before it was tested. Tito Do* t minion Government had closed down its ! Poweilising plant, kit tlio Public Works ( Department still had its timber tested 1 by the Company in Now Zealand, j Tho Chairman: "That is strange, I . telegraphed tiie Premier of New Zealand. t He replied: 'Government not iiow using . powclhsed timhC'r. ! " . . Witness; "A month or sis weeks ago I , was informed"tliat tho'company was j treating timber for tho Now Zealand , Public Works Department." Witness, . in answer to questions, claimed that . powellised kauri .resisted dry rot, aiid [ that laboratory, experiments and tests by , tho West Australian Government during the last six years justified the claim. Ho. ' declared that fifty sleepers were lying for j six years in tins worst place in West j Australia for dry rot.