Commission of Enquiry.
WELLINGTON, April 13. Some time ago the Board of Trau* was appointed a commission to enquire as to the expediency or otherwise of prohibiting the export of white pine rimher. This is the only timber in use in New Zealand for the making of butter boxes, and as supplies are getting short, the suggestion i s made on behalf of farmers and exporters of butter that export of this timber, fon which there is a strong demand in Australia, should he prohibited or restricted. The only counter suggestion made is that the Government ought to experiment with other timbers. The Board of Trade was directed to enquire into these questions, and actually opened the investigation in tho Auckland district some time ago. The enquiry had to be dropped because the Board had other urgent business to deal with, blit it will be resumed on the West Coast next month.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1917, Page 4
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