CORRESPONDENCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1918, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

SOUTH WESTLAND TIMBER.

(To the Editor). igir, AYitli reference to the Otira Tunnel meeting on Thursday evening and my statement that the bush land between Boss and Duffers Creek had been mopped up by practically outsiders, I would like to make the statement clearer. The Kauri Timber Company whose ; headquarters are in Melbourne, by I means of its subsidiary companies has J acquired such complete control of the , remaining hush lying between the Hokitika Biver and Duffer’s Creek a dis- j tare? of thirty-five to forty miles, by 1 1 the read, that it is now impossible for j the individual sawindier to take up j . bush profitable anywhere, in that dis- ! trier.' * I The Company by the Subsidiary Com ; Tiauy has acquired all that hush bet- 1 ween the Alikonui and AYaitalin rivers, both crown and private. Tliis tract ,-f Lush is considered one of the finest blocks of milling timber on the Coast, but it was not enough for them and the same Company took up the best of the hush lafid on the south side of the Waitaha between that river and Duffer's Creek and tried to go further. This is greed and greed that should he checked. \ The Company have got all the hush land about Indeed up. the door is shut, the key is half turned, and 1 am just waiting to hear the final click, i ’ I am etc., GEORGE PERRY.