EXPORT OF TIMBER
A STATEMENT DENIED,
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
GREYMOUTH, This Day. The statement that millions of feet of timber have been carried to Greymouth by railway for shipment to Australia is incorrect. Since the "cut" the- ; Kaitangata is the only timber vessel that has sailed for Australia, and she carried less than a million feet. The railways are mostly engaged in handling timber for Christohurch, Dunedin, and Wellington. There is little market in tho_ Dominion for white pine, and the millers rely on the Australian mnrkets._ ■ The bulk of the timber waiting for shipment from here is white pine, but it is not possible to ship it, owing to the strike. The millers ask the Minister to supply a statement showing the timber earned on the local railways for Dominion use and export to Australia.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 38, 14 August 1919, Page 7
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136EXPORT OF TIMBER Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 38, 14 August 1919, Page 7
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