IMPORTED TIMBER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 59, 2 December 1937, Page 4

IMPORTED TIMBER

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WELLINGTON, Lnst Night, Suggestiqns tbat ijnporters were dumpmg overseas timber in New Zealand at th'e expense pf the New Zealand timber trade, were made by Mr F. L. Turley, of Greymouth, the workers' agent at to-day's Conciliation Council hearing in the timber trades' dispute. He said that he understQod 1,000,000 feet of timber was being phjpped to New Zealand froni North America in the immediate future. Mr G, Cook, tbe employers' assesspr said be aspumed Mr Turley was referring to the timber cpming by the Kakapo, Tbis was an aceumulation of 18 months' orders and was being brought down new that tbp tonnage was availabJei which WQUid otherwise trade fp tbe Ea§t, Tfie wopfi iu ggqgtion was redwood required for joinery purposes in place of tptata. It was all ordered in advance and was upt being fprced pn the eonsumer. '(The freights are low beeause the 'mugs' pverseas are killing pne another," said Mr Tui'ley. "I venture to say that freights have never heeu dearer than in the case of that pargp now cpming," replied Mr Cook. Mr A. J. Seed, of Wellington, the employers' agent, said that last week a large shipment of Japanese pak which he personally thought should be de* baryed frpm entry into the pQmiuion, arriyed at Wellingtpn. It was imported solely beeause the public wauted jt. It was poor, trashy timber at best, but was in demand with buyers fpr fprniture beeause the publie were always clamouring for pak. ((I want to answer a suggestion that importers are foreing, overseas timber on the public," said Mr Seed. (The public are simply , | ivgf ^|| *" "" ;