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BUTTER-BOX TIMBERS

; JiES'rKICTIOA OF EXPOKT; TjKG'jGD. ; The diminishing supply of timber suitr • able for butter boxes''and cheese crates was brought under the notice-of the i Northern Dairy Conference by the chair- ! mm, Mr. A. Morton, in lu3 opening address. Mr. Morton said it seemed J certain that within,at most ten. years the wholo supply of white pino in New i Zealand would disappear-if export were i allowed to continue at the present rate. A large portion of. the white pino es- : ported to Australia was used for furni-ture-making and building, purposes. The i restriction i.pon tho export should be i. such as to prevent-the use of'the ".timber. 1 in building, at any rate. The im- ' portance of the matter had been urged r upon the Government, which had re- | ferreil it to ;he'. National Efficiency i Board. If its recommendations proved i to be favourable to the industry, it was '. important that .their...early adoption should be urged upon tho Government J «3 strongly.as possible. But even coni nervation of the remaining forests would , ( only defer the crisis, and it ■ wafei necesto provide for tho growing of a ; timber for .butter-box pur- : pose.s, and the early selection of suitable ■ kinds, and of the areas where they ' should bo grown, was a matter of the , utmost importance -to the' industry. i A. report on ihe <iuestion was present- ; ed by Mr. B. Harding, as convener of the ! committee set up at last year's confer- : ence. recommending that a resolution be ■ sent to the Government, emphasising I. tho difficulty of obtaining supplies of ! suitable timber. The report was adopted, and on Mr. Harding's motion a ; resolution was carried urging that the ; Government, at the earliest possible ; date, take steps to effectively conserve- ■ these timbers by restriction of export ! and by regulations providing for adei qnate supplies of box timber at prices : which will not impose -burdens on the \ consumers of this Dominion. : Mr. J. G. Ilarkness, secretary of the ' National Dairy Association, strongly ■ nirged tho necessity for., definite steps : in the way of reafforestation, in order ' to provide timber to take tho place of ; kahikatea. He had learned that poplar ; and pinue ladiata, both suitable timbers J for the purpose, would be fit for cutting

; in 23 years. ' A further resolution was passed, on j Mr. Harding's motion, commending to ! the Government tho importance of taki jug steps at the earliest possible moment ' for "the reafforestation of tho Dominion, I to provide suitable timbers.to take tho : place of those now used in its' ossontial ! industries, and which aro rapidly api preaching exhaustion."

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 222, 7 June 1918, Page 8

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429

BUTTER-BOX TIMBERS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 222, 7 June 1918, Page 8

BUTTER-BOX TIMBERS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 222, 7 June 1918, Page 8

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