WHITE PINE EXPORT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 103, 18 May 1937, Page 8

WHITE PINE EXPORT

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Timber Workers Protest To Government

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I GREYMOUTH, Last Night. ] The executive of the Westland TimJ ber Workers' Union takes strong exception, the secretary, Mr. F. L. Turley, states, to the Government 's restricting ' white pine exports to Australia and f compelling millers to supply North : Tsland box makers at a price allegefflyj below cost. Th6 employees of Southern Timbers Limited at Hari Hari recently passed a resolution: "That th.6 secretary urge the Government to lift the export restriction or else revise the price and classifieation enabling a reasona"ble profit and avqiding unemployment. " The executive is wiring the Prime Minister stating that the union viewi with alarm the Forestry DepartmeS^'s policy regarding white pine whereby j sawmillers are asked to do the imposj sible. Unlcss suck a policy is consiaerj ably altered the Government 's good work will be undone. Two or three | niiils have already closed and others will follow unless the position is made satisfactory as it is now worse than when previously the West Coast timber iadustry was ZIMMi aid Iwk toi sefc right, — — • — .1